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<strong>The</strong> starting coursers, and restrain<br />

their rage,<br />

Divides the traces with his sword,<br />

and freed<br />

<strong>The</strong> encumbered chariot from the<br />

dying steed:<br />

<strong>The</strong> rest move on, obedient to the<br />

rein:<br />

<strong>The</strong> car rolls slowly o'er the dusty<br />

plain.<br />

<strong>The</strong> towering chiefs to fiercer fight<br />

advance:<br />

And first Sarpedon whirl'd his<br />

weighty lance,<br />

Which o'er the warrior's shoulder<br />

took its course,<br />

And spent in empty air its dying<br />

force.<br />

Not so Patroclus' never-erring dart;<br />

Aim'd at his breast it pierced a mortal<br />

part,

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