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Long used, untouch'd, in fighting<br />

fields to shine,<br />

And shade the temples <strong>of</strong> the mad<br />

divine.<br />

Jove dooms it now on Hector's<br />

helm to nod;<br />

Not long—for fate pursues him,<br />

and the god.<br />

His spear in shivers falls; his ample<br />

shield<br />

Drops from his arm: his baldric<br />

strows the field:<br />

<strong>The</strong> corslet his astonish'd breast<br />

forsakes:<br />

Loose is each joint; each nerve with<br />

horror shakes;<br />

Stupid he stares, and all-assistless<br />

stands:<br />

Such is the force <strong>of</strong> more than mortal<br />

hands!

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