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[pg<br />

048]<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir height, their colour, and their<br />

age the same;<br />

O'er fields <strong>of</strong> death they whirl the<br />

rapid car,<br />

And break the ranks, and thunder<br />

through the war.<br />

Ajax in arms the first renown acquired,<br />

While stern Achilles in his wrath<br />

retired:<br />

(His was the strength that mortal<br />

might exceeds,<br />

And his the unrivall'd race <strong>of</strong> heavenly<br />

steeds:)<br />

But <strong>The</strong>tis' son now shines in arms<br />

no more;<br />

His troops, neglected on the sandy<br />

shore.<br />

In empty air their sportive javelins<br />

throw,<br />

Or whirl the disk, or bend an idle<br />

bow:

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