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<strong>The</strong> humid sweat from every pore<br />

descends;<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir bones resound with blows:<br />

sides, shoulders, thighs<br />

Swell to each gripe, and bloody tumours<br />

rise.<br />

Nor could Ulysses, for his art<br />

renown'd,<br />

O'erturn the strength <strong>of</strong> Ajax on the<br />

ground;<br />

Nor could the strength <strong>of</strong> Ajax<br />

overthrow<br />

<strong>The</strong> watchful caution <strong>of</strong> his artful<br />

foe.<br />

While the long strife even tired the<br />

lookers on,<br />

Thus to Ulysses spoke great Telamon:<br />

"Or let me lift thee, chief, or lift<br />

thou me:<br />

Prove we our force, and Jove the<br />

rest decree."

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