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And drew his javelin from the<br />

bleeding breast:<br />

He could no more; the showering<br />

darts denied<br />

To spoil his glittering arms, and<br />

plumy pride.<br />

Now foes on foes came pouring on<br />

the fields,<br />

With bristling lances, and compacted<br />

shields;<br />

Till in the steely circle straiten'd<br />

round,<br />

Forced he gives way, and sternly<br />

quits the ground.<br />

While thus they strive, Tlepolemus<br />

the great, 153<br />

Urged by the force <strong>of</strong> unresisted<br />

fate,<br />

Burns with desire Sarpedon's<br />

strength to prove;<br />

Alcides' <strong>of</strong>fspring meets the son <strong>of</strong><br />

Jove.

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