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Next, heap'd on high, the numerous<br />

presents bear,<br />

(Great Hector's ransom,) from the<br />

polish'd car.<br />

Two splendid mantles, and a carpet<br />

spread,<br />

<strong>The</strong>y leave: to cover and enwrap<br />

the dead.<br />

<strong>The</strong>n call the handmaids, with assistant<br />

toil<br />

To wash the body and anoint with<br />

oil,<br />

Apart from Priam: lest the unhappy<br />

sire,<br />

Provoked to passion, once more<br />

rouse to ire<br />

<strong>The</strong> stern Pelides; and nor sacred<br />

age,<br />

Nor Jove's command, should check<br />

the rising rage.<br />

This done, the garments o'er the<br />

corse they spread;<br />

Achilles lifts it to the funeral bed:

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