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OVID's
METAMORPHOSES.
BOOK IX.
Translated by Mr. Dryden and Others.
The Story of Acheloüs and Hercules.
By Mr. Gay.
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Heseus requests the God to tell his Woes,
Whence his maim'd Brow, and whence his Groans arose:
When thus the Calydonian Stream reply'd,
With twining Reeds his careless Tresses ty'd,
Ungrateful is the Tale; for who can bear,
When conquer'd, to rehearse the shameful War?
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