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[pg<br />

386]<br />

Incensed, we heavenward fled with<br />

swiftest wing,<br />

And destined vengeance on the perjured<br />

king.<br />

Dost thou, for this, afford proud<br />

Ilion grace,<br />

And not, like us, infest the faithless<br />

race;<br />

Like us, their present, future sons<br />

destroy,<br />

And from its deep foundations<br />

heave their Troy?"<br />

Apollo thus: "To combat for mankind<br />

Ill suits the wisdom <strong>of</strong> celestial<br />

mind;<br />

For what is man? Calamitous by<br />

birth,<br />

<strong>The</strong>y owe their life and nourishment<br />

to earth;

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