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Destroy the aggressor, aid my righteous<br />

cause,<br />

Avenge the breach <strong>of</strong> hospitable<br />

laws!<br />

Let this example future times reclaim,<br />

And guard from wrong fair friendship's<br />

holy name."<br />

Be said, and poised in air the<br />

javelin sent,<br />

Through Paris' shield the forceful<br />

weapon went,<br />

His corslet pierces, and his garment<br />

rends,<br />

And glancing downward, near his<br />

flank descends.<br />

<strong>The</strong> wary Trojan, bending from the<br />

blow,<br />

Eludes the death, and disappoints<br />

his foe:<br />

But fierce Atrides waved his sword,<br />

and strook

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