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"Can then the sons <strong>of</strong> Greece (the<br />

sage rejoin'd)<br />

Excite compassion in Achilles'<br />

mind?<br />

Seeks he the sorrows <strong>of</strong> our host to<br />

know?<br />

This is not half the story <strong>of</strong> our<br />

woe.<br />

Tell him, not great Machaon bleeds<br />

alone,<br />

Our bravest heroes in the navy<br />

groan,<br />

Ulysses, Agamemnon, Diomed,<br />

And stern Eurypylus, already bleed.<br />

But, ah! what flattering hopes I entertain!<br />

Achilles heeds not, but derides our<br />

pain:<br />

Even till the flames consume our<br />

fleet he stays,<br />

And waits the rising <strong>of</strong> the fatal<br />

blaze.

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