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Atrides stalks; Death every step attends.
As when in some huge Forest, sudden Flames
Rage dreadful, when rough Winds assist the Blaze,
From Tree to Tree the fiery Torrent rouls,
And the vast Forest sinks with all its Groves
Beneath the burning Deluge; so whole Hosts
Yield to Atrides' Arm: Car against Car
Rush'd rattling o'er the Field, and thro' the Ranks
Unguided broke: while breathless on the Ground
Lay the pale Charioteers: In death deform'd;
To their chaste Brides sad Spectacles of Woe,
Now only grateful to the Fowls of Air.
As when in some huge Forest, sudden Flames
Rage dreadful, when rough Winds assist the Blaze,
From Tree to Tree the fiery Torrent rouls,
And the vast Forest sinks with all its Groves
Beneath the burning Deluge; so whole Hosts
Yield to Atrides' Arm: Car against Car
Rush'd rattling o'er the Field, and thro' the Ranks
Unguided broke: while breathless on the Ground
Lay the pale Charioteers: In death deform'd;
To their chaste Brides sad Spectacles of Woe,
Now only grateful to the Fowls of Air.
Mean time the Care of Jove, great Hector stood
Secure in Scenes of Death, in Storms of Darts,
In Slaughter and Alarms, in Dust and Blood.
Secure in Scenes of Death, in Storms of Darts,
In Slaughter and Alarms, in Dust and Blood.
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