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"Thou choice of Achaia, wide-ruling Atrides, give heed to my schooling!

Yea, shock, and not to succour come."

A third shock that, I declare!

"Ah, peace, and give ear! For the Bee-Maids be near to ope wide Artemis' portals.

Yea, shock-a-nock a-succour come!

Behold it is mine to sing of the sign of the way fate-laden to mortals;

Yah, shocker-knocker succucum!"

Zeus Almighty, what a chain of shocks!

I think I'll go away and take a bath;

The shocks are too much for my nerves and kidneys!

Not till you've heard another little set

Compounded from his various cithara-songs.

Well then, proceed; but don't put any shocks in!

"How the might twin-throned of Achaia for Hellene chivalry bringeth

Flattothrat toflattothrat!

The prince of the powers of storm, the Sphinx thereover he wingeth

Flattothrat toflattothrat!