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And Hector hasted to relieve his<br />

child,<br />

<strong>The</strong> glittering terrors from his<br />

brows unbound,<br />

And placed the beaming helmet on<br />

the ground;<br />

<strong>The</strong>n kiss'd the child, and, lifting<br />

high in air,<br />

Thus to the gods preferr'd a father's<br />

prayer:<br />

"O thou! whose glory fills the ethereal<br />

throne,<br />

And all ye deathless powers! protect<br />

my son!<br />

Grant him, like me, to purchase just<br />

renown,<br />

To guard the Trojans, to defend the<br />

crown,<br />

Against his country's foes the war<br />

to wage,<br />

And rise the Hector <strong>of</strong> the future<br />

age!

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