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If I oppose thee, prince! thy wrath<br />

withhold,<br />

<strong>The</strong> laws <strong>of</strong> council bid my tongue<br />

be bold.<br />

Thou first, and thou alone, in fields<br />

<strong>of</strong> fight,<br />

Durst brand my courage, and defame<br />

my might:<br />

Nor from a friend the unkind reproach<br />

appear'd,<br />

<strong>The</strong> Greeks stood witness, all our<br />

army heard.<br />

<strong>The</strong> gods, O chief! from whom our<br />

honours spring,<br />

<strong>The</strong> gods have made thee but by<br />

halves a king:<br />

<strong>The</strong>y gave thee sceptres, and a wide<br />

command;<br />

<strong>The</strong>y gave dominion o'er the seas<br />

and land;<br />

<strong>The</strong> noblest power that might the<br />

world control

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