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But when, or wounded by the spear<br />

or dart,<br />

<strong>The</strong> chief shall mount his chariot,<br />

and depart,<br />

<strong>The</strong>n Jove shall string thy arm, and<br />

fire thy breast,<br />

<strong>The</strong>n to her ships shall flying<br />

Greece be press'd,<br />

Till to the main the burning sun<br />

descend,<br />

And sacred night her awful shade<br />

extend."<br />

She said, and vanish'd. Hector, with<br />

a bound,<br />

Springs from his chariot on the<br />

trembling ground,<br />

In clanging arms: he grasps in<br />

either hand<br />

A pointed lance, and speeds from<br />

band to band;<br />

Revives their ardour, turns their<br />

steps from flight,

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