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And gifts can conquer every soul<br />

but thine. 213<br />

<strong>The</strong> gods that unrelenting breast<br />

have steel'd,<br />

And cursed thee with a mind that<br />

cannot yield.<br />

One woman-slave was ravish'd<br />

from thy arms:<br />

Lo, seven are <strong>of</strong>fer'd, and <strong>of</strong> equal<br />

charms.<br />

<strong>The</strong>n hear, Achilles! be <strong>of</strong> better<br />

mind;<br />

Revere thy ro<strong>of</strong>, and to thy guests<br />

be kind;<br />

And know the men <strong>of</strong> all the Grecian<br />

host,<br />

Who honour worth, and prize thy<br />

valour most."<br />

"O soul <strong>of</strong> battles, and thy people's<br />

guide!<br />

(To Ajax thus the first <strong>of</strong> Greeks<br />

replied)

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