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And twelve sad victims, <strong>of</strong> the Trojan<br />

line,<br />

Sacred to vengeance, instant shall<br />

expire;<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir lives effused around thy funeral<br />

pyre."<br />

Gloomy he said, and (horrible to<br />

view)<br />

Before the bier the bleeding Hector<br />

threw,<br />

Prone on the dust. <strong>The</strong> Myrmidons<br />

around<br />

Unbraced their armour, and the<br />

steeds unbound.<br />

All to Achilles' sable ship repair,<br />

Frequent and full, the genial feast<br />

to share.<br />

Now from the well-fed swine black<br />

smokes aspire,<br />

<strong>The</strong> bristly victims hissing o'er the<br />

fire:

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