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[pg<br />

129]<br />

He said: the warrior heard the word<br />

with joy;<br />

<strong>The</strong>n with his spear restrain'd the<br />

youth <strong>of</strong> Troy,<br />

Held by the midst athwart. On<br />

either hand<br />

<strong>The</strong> squadrons part; the expecting<br />

Trojans stand;<br />

Great Agamemnon bids the Greeks<br />

forbear:<br />

<strong>The</strong>y breathe, and hush the tumult<br />

<strong>of</strong> the war.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Athenian maid, and glorious<br />

god <strong>of</strong> day, 178<br />

With silent joy the settling hosts<br />

survey:<br />

In form <strong>of</strong> vultures, on the beech's<br />

height<br />

<strong>The</strong>y sit conceal'd, and wait the future<br />

fight.

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