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[pg<br />

395]<br />

By these they pass'd, one chasing,<br />

one in flight:<br />

(<strong>The</strong> mighty fled, pursued by<br />

stronger might:)<br />

Swift was the course; no vulgar<br />

prize they play,<br />

No vulgar victim must reward the<br />

day:<br />

(Such as in races crown the speedy<br />

strife:)<br />

<strong>The</strong> prize contended was great<br />

Hector's life.<br />

As when some hero's funerals are<br />

decreed<br />

In grateful honour <strong>of</strong> the mighty<br />

dead;<br />

Where high rewards the vigorous<br />

youth inflame<br />

(Some golden tripod, or some<br />

lovely dame)<br />

<strong>The</strong> panting coursers swiftly turn<br />

the goal,

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