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Scarce did the chief the vigorous<br />

strife prop<br />

When tower-like Ajax and Ulysses<br />

rose.<br />

Amid the ring each nervous rival<br />

stands,<br />

Embracing rigid with implicit<br />

hands.<br />

Close lock'd above, their heads and<br />

arms are mix'd:<br />

Below, their planted feet at distance<br />

fix'd;<br />

Like two strong rafters which the<br />

builder forms,<br />

Pro<strong>of</strong> to the wintry winds and<br />

howling storms,<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir tops connected, but at wider<br />

space<br />

Fix'd on the centre stands their solid<br />

base.<br />

Now to the grasp each manly body<br />

bends;

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