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[pg<br />

142]<br />

When Jove convened the senate <strong>of</strong><br />

the skies,<br />

Where high Olympus' cloudy tops<br />

arise,<br />

<strong>The</strong> sire <strong>of</strong> gods his awful silence<br />

broke;<br />

<strong>The</strong> heavens attentive trembled as<br />

he spoke:<br />

"Celestial states! immortal gods!<br />

give ear,<br />

Hear our decree, and reverence<br />

what ye hear;<br />

<strong>The</strong> fix'd decree which not all heaven<br />

can move;<br />

Thou, fate! fulfil it! and, ye powers,<br />

approve!<br />

What god but enters yon forbidden<br />

field,<br />

Who yields assistance, or but wills<br />

to yield,

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