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To the forbidden field he takes his<br />

flight,<br />

In the first folly <strong>of</strong> a youthful<br />

knight,<br />

To vaunt his swiftness wheels<br />

around the plain,<br />

But vaunts not long, with all his<br />

swiftness slain:<br />

Struck where the crossing belts<br />

unite behind,<br />

And golden rings the double backplate<br />

join'd<br />

Forth through the navel burst the<br />

thrilling steel;<br />

And on his knees with piercing<br />

shrieks he fell;<br />

<strong>The</strong> rushing entrails pour'd upon<br />

the ground<br />

His hands collect; and darkness<br />

wraps him round.<br />

When Hector view'd, all ghastly in<br />

his gore,

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