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Swell'd at the view of Fame.Elate with joy
Atrides saw, and O! thou best of Friends,
Brave Diomed, he cries, of all the Peers:
Chuse thou the valiantest; when Merit pleads,
Titles no Deference claim; high Birth and State
To Valour yield, and Worth is more than Pow'r.
Atrides saw, and O! thou best of Friends,
Brave Diomed, he cries, of all the Peers:
Chuse thou the valiantest; when Merit pleads,
Titles no Deference claim; high Birth and State
To Valour yield, and Worth is more than Pow'r.
Thus, fearing for his Brother, spoke the King,
Not long! for Diomed dispels his Fears.
Not long! for Diomed dispels his Fears.
Since free my Choice, can I forget my Friend,
The Man, for Wisdom's various Arts renown'd;
The Man, whose dauntless Soul no Toils dismay,
Ulysses, lov'd by Pallas? thro' his Aid
Tho' thousand Fires oppose, a thousand Fires
Oppose in vain; his Wisdom points the way.
The Man, for Wisdom's various Arts renown'd;
The Man, whose dauntless Soul no Toils dismay,
Ulysses, lov'd by Pallas? thro' his Aid
Tho' thousand Fires oppose, a thousand Fires
Oppose in vain; his Wisdom points the way.
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