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"How long, unhappy! shall thy sorrows<br />

flow,<br />

And thy heart waste with life-consuming<br />

woe:<br />

Mindless <strong>of</strong> food, or love, whose<br />

pleasing reign<br />

Soothes weary life, and s<strong>of</strong>tens human<br />

pain?<br />

O snatch the moments yet within<br />

thy power;<br />

Not long to live, indulge the amorous<br />

hour!<br />

Lo! Jove himself (for Jove's command<br />

I bear)<br />

Forbids to tempt the wrath <strong>of</strong> heaven<br />

too far.<br />

No longer then (his fury if thou<br />

dread)<br />

Detain the relics <strong>of</strong> great Hector<br />

dead;<br />

Nor vent on senseless earth thy<br />

vengeance vain,

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