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His headlong steeds, precipitate in<br />

flight,<br />

Rush'd on a tamarisk's strong trunk,<br />

and broke<br />

<strong>The</strong> shatter'd chariot from the<br />

crooked yoke;<br />

Wide o'er the field, resistless as the<br />

wind,<br />

For Troy they fly, and leave their<br />

lord behind.<br />

Prone on his face he sinks beside<br />

the wheel:<br />

Atrides o'er him shakes his vengeful<br />

steel;<br />

<strong>The</strong> fallen chief in suppliant posture<br />

press'd<br />

<strong>The</strong> victor's knees, and thus his<br />

prayer address'd:<br />

"O spare my youth, and for the life<br />

I owe<br />

Large gifts <strong>of</strong> price my father shall<br />

bestow.

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