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PINDAR.
To them, when sets the solar beam,
The rising fire's continual gleam 115
Is given night's darkness to explore;
While lambent smoke's thick volumes rear
Its fumes of incense through the air. 113
The deed of strength, the second day
Still terminates the annual fray: 120
Where round this victor's honour'd brow
Chaplets of pallid myrtle glow;
Rewarding past and present fame,
Which boyhood's threefold triumphs claim.
In his skill'd driver he confides, 125
Who, steersman-like, the chariot guides.
Him, then, with Orseas will I praise,
Distilling grace from my mellifluous lays. 124
