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[pg<br />

168]<br />

If thou wilt yield to great Atrides'<br />

prayers,<br />

Gifts worthy thee his royal hand<br />

prepares;<br />

If not—but hear me, while I number<br />

o'er<br />

<strong>The</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>fer'd presents, an exhaustless<br />

store.<br />

Ten weighty talents <strong>of</strong> the purest<br />

gold,<br />

And twice ten vases <strong>of</strong> refulgent<br />

mould;<br />

Seven sacred tripods, whose unsullied<br />

frame<br />

Yet knows no <strong>of</strong>fice, nor has felt<br />

the flame;<br />

Twelve steeds unmatched in fleetness<br />

and in force,<br />

And still victorious in the dusty<br />

course;<br />

(Rich were the man, whose ample<br />

stores exceed

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