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[pg<br />

424]<br />

He said; and, straining, heaved him<br />

<strong>of</strong>f the ground<br />

With matchless strength; that time<br />

Ulysses found<br />

<strong>The</strong> strength to evade, and where<br />

the nerves combine<br />

His ankle struck: the giant fell supine;<br />

Ulysses, following, on his bosom<br />

lies;<br />

Shouts <strong>of</strong> applause run rattling<br />

through the skies.<br />

Ajax to lift Ulysses next essays;<br />

He barely stirr'd him, but he could<br />

not raise:<br />

His knee lock'd fast, the foe's attempt<br />

denied;<br />

And grappling close, they tumbled<br />

side by side.<br />

Defiled with honourable dust they<br />

roll,

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