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[pg<br />

449]<br />

To spare thy age; and <strong>of</strong>fer all in<br />

vain."<br />

Waked with the word the trembling<br />

sire arose,<br />

And raised his friend: the god before<br />

him goes:<br />

He joins the mules, directs them<br />

with his hand,<br />

And moves in silence through the<br />

hostile land.<br />

When now to Xanthus' yellow<br />

stream they drove,<br />

(Xanthus, immortal progeny <strong>of</strong><br />

Jove,)<br />

<strong>The</strong> winged deity forsook their<br />

view,<br />

And in a moment to Olympus flew.<br />

Now shed Aurora round her saffron<br />

ray,<br />

Sprang through the gates <strong>of</strong> light,<br />

and gave the day:

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