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Us too he bids our oars and sails<br />

employ,<br />

Nor hope the fall <strong>of</strong> heaven-protected<br />

Troy;<br />

For Jove o'ershades her with his<br />

arm divine,<br />

Inspires her war, and bids her glory<br />

shine.<br />

Such was his word: what further he<br />

declared,<br />

<strong>The</strong>se sacred heralds and great<br />

Ajax heard.<br />

But Phoenix in his tent the chief retains,<br />

Safe to transport him to his native<br />

plains<br />

When morning dawns; if other he<br />

decree,<br />

His age is sacred, and his choice is<br />

free."<br />

Ulysses ceased: the great Achaian<br />

host,

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