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So to thine horse thou gav'st the golden reins,

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Gav'st him to rush impetuous o'er the plains:
But ah! a fatal shaft from Phœbus' hand
Smites through thy neck, and sinks thee on the land.

Two other brothers were at wrestling found,

And in their pastime claspt each other round:

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A shaft that instant from Apollo's hand
Transfixt them both, and stretcht them on the sand:
Together they their cruel fate bemoan'd,
Together languish'd, and together groan'd:

Together too th' unbodied spirits sled,

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And fought the gloomy mansions of the dead.

Alphenor saw, and trembling at the view,
Beat his torn breast, that chang'd its snowy hue.
He flies to raise them in a kind embrace;

A brother's fondness triumphs in his face:

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Alphenor fails in this fraternal deed,
A dart dispatch'd him (so the fates decreed:)

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