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Not half so dreadful rises to the<br />

sight, 274<br />

Through the thick gloom <strong>of</strong> some<br />

tempestuous night,<br />

Orion's dog (the year when autumn<br />

weighs),<br />

And o'er the feebler stars exerts his<br />

rays;<br />

Terrific glory! for his burning<br />

breath<br />

Taints the red air with fevers,<br />

plagues, and death.<br />

So flamed his fiery mail. <strong>The</strong>n wept<br />

the sage:<br />

He strikes his reverend head, now<br />

white with age;<br />

He lifts his wither'd arms; obtests<br />

the skies;<br />

He calls his much-loved son with<br />

feeble cries:<br />

<strong>The</strong> son, resolved Achilles' force to<br />

dare,

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