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And for his wish'd return prepares<br />

in vain;<br />

Though well he knew, to make<br />

proud Ilion bend<br />

Was more than heaven had destined<br />

to his friend.<br />

Perhaps to him: this <strong>The</strong>tis had reveal'd;<br />

<strong>The</strong> rest, in pity to her son, conceal'd.<br />

Still raged the conflict round the<br />

hero dead,<br />

And heaps on heaps by mutual<br />

wounds they bled.<br />

"Cursed be the man (even private<br />

Greeks would say)<br />

Who dares desert this well-disputed<br />

day!<br />

First may the cleaving earth before<br />

our eyes<br />

Gape wide, and drink our blood for<br />

sacrifice;

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