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[pg<br />

305]<br />

Vain are thy vaunts; success is still<br />

from heaven:<br />

This, instant, sends thee down to<br />

Pluto's coast;<br />

Mine is the glory, his thy parting<br />

ghost."<br />

"O friend (Menoetius' son this answer<br />

gave)<br />

With words to combat, ill befits the<br />

brave;<br />

Not empty boasts the sons <strong>of</strong> Troy<br />

repel,<br />

Your swords must plunge them to<br />

the shades <strong>of</strong> hell.<br />

To speak, beseems the council; but<br />

to dare<br />

In glorious action, is the task <strong>of</strong><br />

war."<br />

This said, Patroclus to the battle<br />

flies;

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