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He next invites the twanging bow<br />

to bend;<br />

And twice ten axes casts amidst the<br />

round,<br />

Ten double-edged, and ten that<br />

singly wound<br />

<strong>The</strong> mast, which late a first-rate<br />

galley bore,<br />

<strong>The</strong> hero fixes in the sandy shore;<br />

To the tall top a milk-white dove<br />

they tie,<br />

<strong>The</strong> trembling mark at which their<br />

arrows fly.<br />

"Whose weapon strikes yon fluttering<br />

bird, shall bear<br />

<strong>The</strong>se two-edged axes, terrible in<br />

war;<br />

<strong>The</strong> single, he whose shaft divides<br />

the cord."<br />

He said: experienced Merion took<br />

the word;

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