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He crops, and <strong>of</strong>fering meditates<br />

his vow.<br />

His hands uplifted to the attesting<br />

skies,<br />

On heaven's broad marble ro<strong>of</strong><br />

were fixed his eyes.<br />

<strong>The</strong> solemn words a deep attention<br />

draw,<br />

And Greece around sat thrill'd with<br />

sacred awe.<br />

"Witness thou first! thou greatest<br />

power above,<br />

All-good, all-wise, and all-surveying<br />

Jove!<br />

And mother-earth, and heaven's revolving<br />

light,<br />

And ye, fell furies <strong>of</strong> the realms <strong>of</strong><br />

night,<br />

Who rule the dead, and horrid woes<br />

prepare<br />

For perjured kings, and all who<br />

falsely swear!

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