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Unhappy boy! no prayer, no moving<br />

art,<br />

E'er bent that fierce, inexorable<br />

heart!<br />

While yet he trembled at his knees,<br />

and cried,<br />

<strong>The</strong> ruthless falchion oped his<br />

tender side;<br />

<strong>The</strong> panting liver pours a flood <strong>of</strong><br />

gore<br />

That drowns his bosom till he pants<br />

no more.<br />

Through Mulius' head then drove<br />

the impetuous spear:<br />

<strong>The</strong> warrior falls, transfix'd from<br />

ear to ear.<br />

Thy life, Echeclus! next the sword<br />

bereaves,<br />

Deep though the front the ponderous<br />

falchion cleaves;<br />

Warm'd in the brain the smoking<br />

weapon lies,

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