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[pg<br />

039]<br />

So from the polish'd arms, and<br />

brazen shields,<br />

A gleamy splendour flash'd along<br />

the fields.<br />

Not less their number than the embodied<br />

cranes,<br />

Or milk-white swans in Asius' watery<br />

plains.<br />

That, o'er the windings <strong>of</strong> Cayster's<br />

springs, 97<br />

Stretch their long necks, and clap<br />

their rustling wings,<br />

Now tower al<strong>of</strong>t, and course in airy<br />

rounds,<br />

Now light with noise; with noise<br />

the field resounds.<br />

Thus numerous and confused, extending<br />

wide,<br />

<strong>The</strong> legions crowd Scamander's<br />

flowery side; 98

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