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[pg<br />

061]<br />

Braced in and fitted to his s<strong>of</strong>ter<br />

breast;<br />

A radiant baldric, o'er his shoulder<br />

tied,<br />

Sustain'd the sword that glitter'd at<br />

his side:<br />

His youthful face a polish'd helm<br />

o'erspread;<br />

<strong>The</strong> waving horse-hair nodded on<br />

his head:<br />

His figured shield, a shining orb, he<br />

takes,<br />

And in his hand a pointed javelin<br />

shakes.<br />

With equal speed and fired by equal<br />

charms,<br />

<strong>The</strong> Spartan hero sheathes his limbs<br />

in arms.<br />

Now round the lists the admiring<br />

armies stand,

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