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He most distinguish'd by Dodonean Jove,

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To approach the tables of the gods above:
Her grandsire Atlas, who with mighty pains
Th' ethereal axis on his neck sustains:
Her other grandsire on the throne on high

Roils the loud-pealing thunder thro' the sky.

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Her spouse, Amphion, who from Jove too springs,
Divinely taught to sweep the founding strings.

Seven sprightly sons the royal bed adorn,
Seven daughters beauteous as the op'ning morn,

As when Aurora fills the ravish'd sight,

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And decks the orient realms with rosy light
From their bright eyes the living splendors play,
Nor can beholders bear the flashing ray.

Wherever, Niobe, thou turn'st thine eyes,

New beauties kindle, and new joys arise!

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But thou had'st far the happier mother prov'd,
If this fair offspring had been less belov'd:

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