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Sad sacrifice! twelve Trojan captives<br />

fell. 289<br />

On these the rage <strong>of</strong> fire victorious<br />

preys,<br />

Involves and joins them in one<br />

common blaze.<br />

Smear'd with the bloody rites, he<br />

stands on high,<br />

And calls the spirit with a dreadful<br />

cry: 290<br />

"All hail, Patroclus! let thy vengeful<br />

ghost<br />

Hear, and exult, on Pluto's dreary<br />

coast.<br />

Behold Achilles' promise fully<br />

paid,<br />

Twelve Trojan heroes <strong>of</strong>fer'd to thy<br />

shade;<br />

But heavier fates on Hector's corse<br />

attend,<br />

Saved from the flames, for hungry<br />

dogs to rend."

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