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220 For a Son's Murder, arm'd with pious Rage; Yet prudently, before he would engage, To raise Auxiliaries resolv'd to sail, And with the pow'rful Princes to prevail. First Anaphò, then proud Astypalæa gains, By Presents that, and this by Threats obtains: Low Myconè, Cymolus, chalky Soil, Tall Cythnos, Scyros, flat Seriphos' Isle; Paros, with Marble Cliffs afar display'd; Impregnable Sithonia; yet betray'd To a weak Foe by a Gold-admiring Maid. Who, chang'd into a Daw of sable Hue, Still hoards up Gold, and hides it from the View. But as these Islands chearfully combine, Others refuse t' embark in his Design. Now Leftward with an easy Sail he bore, And prosp'rous Passage to OEnopia's Shore; OEnopia once, but now Ægina call'd, And with his Royal Mother's Name install'd By Æacus, under whose Reign did spring The Myrmidons and now their reigning King. Down to the Port, amidst the Rabble, run The Princes of the Blood; with Telamon, Peleus the next, and Phocus the third Son: Then Æacus, altho' opprest with Years, To ask the Cause of their Approach appears. That Question does the Gnossian's Grief renew, And Sighs from his afflicted Bosom drew, Yet after a short solemn Respite made, The Ruler of the hundred Cities said; Assist our Arms, rais'd for a murder'd Son, In this religious War no Risque you'll run: Revenge the Deadfor who refuse to give Rest to their Urns, unworthy are to live. What