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And grant, to crown his prosperous fate,

Oblivion of the sorrows past!

Her solace too Remembrance yields,

Recording in what numerous fields

His hand the noble chaplet gain'd;

While by the favouring powers of heaven

To him were brighter honours given

Than Grecian victor e'er obtain'd:

He still, though with enfeebled might,

Like Philoctetes, waged the fight.

Howe'er oppress'd, the brave contend

To sooth him with the name of friend.

'Tis said that erst the godlike band

Urged with inquiring haste their way

To Lemnos' solitary strand,

Where Pæan's tortured offspring lay;

Without whose bow the fated wall

Of Priam's city ne'er could fall.

Though sickness all his powers opposed,

Yet he the Grecian labours closed.

Thus from the deity may Hiero gain

All future joy and respite from his pain.

Then aid me, muse, the lay to raise,

Sung to Deinomenes' glad ear—

The pious youth a fathers praise

From conquering steeds will joy to hear.

Come, let us find a friendly hymn, to sing

The majesty of Ætna's future king: