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[pg<br />

089]<br />

<strong>The</strong> good old warrior bade me trust<br />

to these,<br />

When first for Troy I sail'd the sacred<br />

seas;<br />

In fields, al<strong>of</strong>t, the whirling car to<br />

guide,<br />

And through the ranks <strong>of</strong> death triumphant<br />

ride.<br />

But vain with youth, and yet to<br />

thrift inclined,<br />

I heard his counsels with unheedful<br />

mind,<br />

And thought the steeds (your large<br />

supplies unknown)<br />

Might fail <strong>of</strong> forage in the straiten'd<br />

town;<br />

So took my bow and pointed darts<br />

in hand<br />

And left the chariots in my native<br />

land.

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