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So Hector strode; now dreadful in the Van
Advanc'd his Sun-broad Shield, now to the Rear
Swift-rushing disappear'd: His radiant Arms
Blaz'd on his Limbs, and bright as Jove's dire Bolts
Flash'd o'er the Field and lighten'd to the Skies.
Advanc'd his Sun-broad Shield, now to the Rear
Swift-rushing disappear'd: His radiant Arms
Blaz'd on his Limbs, and bright as Jove's dire Bolts
Flash'd o'er the Field and lighten'd to the Skies.
As toiling Reapers in some spacious Field,
Rang'd in two Bands, move adverse, Rank on Rank
Where o'er the Tilth the Grain in Ears of Gold
Waves nodding to the Breeze; at once they bend,
At once the copious Harvest swells the Ground:
So rush to Battle o'er the dreadful Field
Host against Host; they meet, they close, and Ranks
Tumble on Ranks; no Thoughts appear of Flight,
None of Dismay: dubious in even Scales
The Battle hangs, not fiercer, ravenous Wolves
Dispute the Prey; the deathful Scene with Joy
Discord, dire Parent of tremendous Woes,
Rang'd in two Bands, move adverse, Rank on Rank
Where o'er the Tilth the Grain in Ears of Gold
Waves nodding to the Breeze; at once they bend,
At once the copious Harvest swells the Ground:
So rush to Battle o'er the dreadful Field
Host against Host; they meet, they close, and Ranks
Tumble on Ranks; no Thoughts appear of Flight,
None of Dismay: dubious in even Scales
The Battle hangs, not fiercer, ravenous Wolves
Dispute the Prey; the deathful Scene with Joy
Discord, dire Parent of tremendous Woes,
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