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And slew the children for the father's<br />

fault;<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir headstrong horse unable to<br />

restrain,<br />

<strong>The</strong>y shook with fear, and dropp'd<br />

the silken rein;<br />

<strong>The</strong>n in the chariot on their knees<br />

they fall,<br />

And thus with lifted hands for<br />

mercy call:<br />

"O spare our youth, and for the life<br />

we owe,<br />

Antimachus shall copious gifts bestow:<br />

Soon as he hears, that, not in battle<br />

slain,<br />

<strong>The</strong> Grecian ships his captive sons<br />

detain,<br />

Large heaps <strong>of</strong> brass in ransom<br />

shall be told,<br />

And steel well-tempered, and persuasive<br />

gold."

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