TRANSLATIONS, &c.
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"While I th' achievements of thy glorious son
"Blazon, as truth shall dictate. Him to Troy
"From Scyros o'er the Ægean safe I bore
"To join th' embattled Greeks: whene'er we sat
"In council, to mature some high design, 575
"First of the peerage, with persuasive speech
"His sentence he disclos'd, by all confess'd
"The third from Nestor: but whene'er we mov'd
"In battailous array, and the Thrill clang
"Of onset sounded, he, with haughty strides, 580
"Advancing in the van the foremost chief,
"Pierc'd thro' the adverse legions, nor was deem'd
"Not equal to the best. Each hardy deed,
"Which in his country's cause the youth achiev'd,
"Were long to tell; but by his jav'lin dy'd 585
"Eurypylus, of all th' auxiliar bands
"Fam'd after Memnon first, with many a peer
"Of Pergameian race, around him strown.
"When in the wooden horse, by Epeus form'd,
"Selected heroes lay, aghast and pale 590
"The rest, shudd'ring with fear, let round big drops
"Roll from their drooping eyes, he sole abode
"Undaunted, undismay'd; no chilling doubt
"Frosted his damask cheek, nor silent tear
"Cours'd from its crystal sluice, but grasping fierce
"His spear and falchion, for the combat grew 596
"Impatient, menacing decisive rout
"To Troy's opponent pow'rs; and when the height
"Blazon, as truth shall dictate. Him to Troy
"From Scyros o'er the Ægean safe I bore
"To join th' embattled Greeks: whene'er we sat
"In council, to mature some high design, 575
"First of the peerage, with persuasive speech
"His sentence he disclos'd, by all confess'd
"The third from Nestor: but whene'er we mov'd
"In battailous array, and the Thrill clang
"Of onset sounded, he, with haughty strides, 580
"Advancing in the van the foremost chief,
"Pierc'd thro' the adverse legions, nor was deem'd
"Not equal to the best. Each hardy deed,
"Which in his country's cause the youth achiev'd,
"Were long to tell; but by his jav'lin dy'd 585
"Eurypylus, of all th' auxiliar bands
"Fam'd after Memnon first, with many a peer
"Of Pergameian race, around him strown.
"When in the wooden horse, by Epeus form'd,
"Selected heroes lay, aghast and pale 590
"The rest, shudd'ring with fear, let round big drops
"Roll from their drooping eyes, he sole abode
"Undaunted, undismay'd; no chilling doubt
"Frosted his damask cheek, nor silent tear
"Cours'd from its crystal sluice, but grasping fierce
"His spear and falchion, for the combat grew 596
"Impatient, menacing decisive rout
"To Troy's opponent pow'rs; and when the height
