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Far distant hence I held my wide<br />

command,<br />

Where foaming Xanthus laves the<br />

Lycian land;<br />

With ample wealth (the wish <strong>of</strong><br />

mortals) bless'd,<br />

A beauteous wife, and infant at her<br />

breast;<br />

With those I left whatever dear<br />

could be:<br />

Greece, if she conquers, nothing<br />

wins from me;<br />

Yet first in fight my Lycian bands I<br />

cheer,<br />

And long to meet this mighty man<br />

ye fear;<br />

While Hector idle stands, nor bids<br />

the brave<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir wives, their infants, and their<br />

altars save.<br />

Haste, warrior, haste! preserve thy<br />

threaten'd state,

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