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<strong>The</strong> sons subdued, for Heaven was<br />

on their side.<br />

Far more than heirs <strong>of</strong> all our parents'<br />

fame,<br />

Our glories darken their diminish'd<br />

name."<br />

To him Tydides thus: "My friend,<br />

forbear;<br />

Suppress thy passion, and the king<br />

revere:<br />

His high concern may well excuse<br />

this rage,<br />

Whose cause we follow, and whose<br />

war we wage:<br />

His the first praise, were Ilion's<br />

towers o'erthrown,<br />

And, if we fail, the chief disgrace<br />

his own.<br />

Let him the Greeks to hardy toils<br />

excite,<br />

'Tis ours to labour in the glorious<br />

fight."

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