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Each hopes the conquest <strong>of</strong> the<br />

l<strong>of</strong>ty steeds:<br />

In vain, brave youths, with glorious<br />

hopes ye burn,<br />

In vain advance! not fated to return.<br />

Unmov'd, Automedon attends the<br />

fight,<br />

Implores the Eternal, and collects<br />

his might.<br />

<strong>The</strong>n turning to his friend, with<br />

dauntless mind:<br />

"Oh keep the foaming coursers<br />

close behind!<br />

Full on my shoulders let their nostrils<br />

blow,<br />

For hard the fight, determined is the<br />

foe;<br />

'Tis Hector comes: and when he<br />

seeks the prize,<br />

War knows no mean; he wins it or<br />

he dies."

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