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PINDAR.
Ye whom the verdant wreath six times decreed,
Again encircles with the victor's meed.
And even the dead will joy to share 110
This tribute of the poet's care:
Since the bright actions of the just
Survive unburied in the kindred dust. 105
There let Iphion's tongue proclaim
Callimachus, to charm thine ear, 115
The tale which Hermes' daughter, Fame,
Gave him, while yet on earth, to hear.
That Jove once more had deigned to grace
With Pisa's crown their favour'd race.
His blessings may he still impart, 120
And ward disease's bitter dart!
Forbear amid the happy state
Discordant Nemesis to throw,
But give secure their life to flow, 124
And crown their country's prosperous fate.
