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<strong>The</strong> monarch's javelin stretch'd him<br />

in the dust,<br />

<strong>The</strong>n pressing with his foot his<br />

panting heart,<br />

Forth from the slain he tugg'd the<br />

reeking dart.<br />

Old Nestor saw, and roused the<br />

warrior's rage;<br />

"Thus, heroes! thus the vigorous<br />

combat wage;<br />

No son <strong>of</strong> Mars descend, for servile<br />

gains,<br />

To touch the booty, while a foe remains.<br />

Behold yon glittering host, your future<br />

spoil!<br />

First gain the conquest, then reward<br />

the toil."<br />

And now had Greece eternal fame<br />

acquired,<br />

And frighted Troy within her walls,<br />

retired,

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