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[pg<br />

176]<br />

She beat the ground, and call'd the<br />

powers beneath<br />

On her own son to wreak her brother's<br />

death;<br />

Hell heard her curses from the<br />

realms pr<strong>of</strong>ound,<br />

And the red fiends that walk the<br />

nightly round.<br />

In vain Ætolia her deliverer waits,<br />

War shakes her walls, and thunders<br />

at her gates.<br />

She sent ambassadors, a chosen<br />

band,<br />

Priests <strong>of</strong> the gods, and elders <strong>of</strong><br />

the land;<br />

Besought the chief to save the sinking<br />

state:<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir prayers were urgent, and their<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>fers great:<br />

(Full fifty acres <strong>of</strong> the richest<br />

ground,

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