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With all the wealth our wars and<br />

blood bestow,<br />

Thy tents are crowded and thy<br />

chests o'erflow.<br />

Thus at full ease in heaps <strong>of</strong> riches<br />

roll'd,<br />

What grieves the monarch? Is it<br />

thirst <strong>of</strong> gold?<br />

Say, shall we march with our unconquer'd<br />

powers<br />

(<strong>The</strong> Greeks and I) to Ilion's hostile<br />

towers,<br />

And bring the race <strong>of</strong> royal bastards<br />

here,<br />

For Troy to ransom at a price too<br />

dear?<br />

But safer plunder thy own host supplies;<br />

Say, wouldst thou seize some valiant<br />

leader's prize?<br />

Or, if thy heart to generous love be<br />

led,

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