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[pg<br />

160]<br />

Himself his orders to the heralds<br />

bears,<br />

To bid to council all the Grecian<br />

peers,<br />

But bid in whispers: these surround<br />

their chief,<br />

In solemn sadness and majestic<br />

grief.<br />

<strong>The</strong> king amidst the mournful circle<br />

rose:<br />

Down his wan cheek a briny torrent<br />

flows.<br />

So silent fountains, from a rock's<br />

tall head,<br />

In sable streams s<strong>of</strong>t-trickling waters<br />

shed.<br />

With more than vulgar grief he<br />

stood oppress'd;<br />

Words, mix'd with sighs, thus bursting<br />

from his breast:

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