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assembled for exile, a piteous throng. They have resolved to settle
in whatever lands T please to lead them to, over the soa. A nd now Til1
morning-star wss begilining to I'ise over the topmost ridges of Ida,
biinying in the d a y ; and, t a k in g Lip m y father we journeyed toward
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THE TRIUMPH OF HECTOR.
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S O equal, then, the war and battle ining,
J’ill Jove at length superior glory gave
To Hector, Priam's son who entered first
Adiaia’s wall. With loud, ta’^iuendu^■.n.l^ shout,
He called his Trojan heroes i'1 “ Suns of Troy,8
Equestrian warriors, to the onset come.
Break now the Grecian wall,^ and on their ships
Throw fiamincr brands, like thunderbo'is of love ! 11
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He said, inspiring fury. They his call
With transport ’4 heard th'roughoi:t that numerous hosi!
Thronging together, to the wall they ran/
Armed with keen spears, before them held erect;
An d i no li n te d sc a I i n g-1 a d dors. 111 ec to r st i zc d
And bore a stone which .stood befure the gate:,
Heavy and craggy, pointed sharp ;'t lop,
Which not two men, though sio-itest: of ihir race
KartJi now sustains, ton Id, wit'mi.t toil, have: moved
By levers from the "round and heaved Jts mass
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Into a wagon ; yet did singly, he,
Toss it with ease, so light Satumian Jove
Made it to him 1 For, as a shepherd brings
In one hand joyfully a rains rich Jlcccc,
And feels bi.t small the weight, so Hector bore
That rock e nor mo us toward the lofty gates.
Strong-framed, with double valves, of panels thick,