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On their own spears, by their own<br />

chariots crush'd:<br />

While, shielded from the darts, the<br />

Greeks obtain<br />

<strong>The</strong> long-contended carcase <strong>of</strong> the<br />

slain.<br />

A l<strong>of</strong>ty bier the breathless warrior<br />

bears:<br />

Around, his sad companions melt<br />

in tears.<br />

But chief Achilles, bending down<br />

his head,<br />

Pours unavailing sorrows o'er the<br />

dead,<br />

Whom late triumphant, with his<br />

steeds and car,<br />

He sent refulgent to the field <strong>of</strong><br />

war;<br />

(Unhappy change!) now senseless,<br />

pale, he found,<br />

Stretch'd forth, and gash'd with<br />

many a gaping wound.

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