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BALAUSTION'S ADVENTURE.
"But they mince up menWith those quick jaws!""You talk of provenderFor mountain-beasts, and not mere horses' food!"
"Thou may'st behold their mangers caked with gore!"
"And of what sire does he who bred them boastHimself the son?""Of Ares, king o' the targe—Thrakian, of gold throughout."Another laugh."Why, just the labour, just the lot for meDost thou describe in what I recognize!Since hard and harder, high and higher yet,Truly this lot of mine is like to goIf I must needs join battle with the broodOf Ares: ay, I fought Lukaon first,
