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Thrice rushing furious, at the chief<br />

he strook;<br />

His blazing buckler thrice Apollo<br />

shook:<br />

He tried the fourth: when, breaking<br />

from the cloud,<br />

A more than mortal voice was<br />

heard aloud.<br />

"O son <strong>of</strong> Tydeus, cease! be wise<br />

and see<br />

How vast the difference <strong>of</strong> the gods<br />

and thee;<br />

Distance immense! between the<br />

powers that shine<br />

Above, eternal, deathless, and divine,<br />

And mortal man! a wretch <strong>of</strong><br />

humble birth,<br />

A short-lived reptile in the dust <strong>of</strong><br />

earth."

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