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"So ends thy glory! Such the fate<br />

they prove,<br />

Who strive presumptuous with the<br />

sons <strong>of</strong> Jove!<br />

Sprung from a river, didst thou<br />

boast thy line?<br />

But great Saturnius is the source <strong>of</strong><br />

mine.<br />

How durst thou vaunt thy watery<br />

progeny?<br />

Of Peleus, Æacus, and Jove, am I.<br />

<strong>The</strong> race <strong>of</strong> these superior far to<br />

those,<br />

As he that thunders to the stream<br />

that flows.<br />

What rivers can, Scamander might<br />

have shown;<br />

But Jove he dreads, nor wars<br />

against his son.<br />

Even Achelous might contend in<br />

vain,<br />

And all the roaring billows <strong>of</strong> the<br />

main.

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