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Of his weak age, to live the curse <strong>of</strong><br />

thine!<br />

Thou too, old man, hast happier<br />

days beheld;<br />

In riches once, in children once excell'd;<br />

Extended Phrygia own'd thy ample<br />

reign,<br />

And all fair Lesbos' blissful seats<br />

contain,<br />

And all wide Hellespont's unmeasured<br />

main.<br />

But since the god his hand has<br />

pleased to turn,<br />

And fill thy measure from his bitter<br />

urn,<br />

What sees the sun, but hapless heroes'<br />

falls?<br />

War, and the blood <strong>of</strong> men, surround<br />

thy walls!<br />

What must be, must be. Bear thy<br />

lot, nor shed

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