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From the swift ships their youth he hurl'd

Deep plunged beneath the watery world;

Setting the land of Hellas free

From the rude bonds of slavery.

To praise th' Athenian name, my muse

From Salamis her lay would choose;

While Sparta glorious in the fight

Waged near Cithæron's towering height;

When her brave progeny o'erthrew

The Median archers' bended yew.

E'en thus, Deinomenes, thy fame

Sounded in hymns of loud acclaim,

Near Himera's well-water'd shore,

Where thy strong arm in glory's field

Made the contending foeman yield,

Thy latest children shall explore.

If just, the brief and simple tale

O'er lengthen'd numbers shall prevail:

While loathes the breast and sated ear

Exaggerated strains to hear;

Strains which disgust and envy raise

By superfluity of praise;