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206 'Tis thine, bless'd hero, to persuade

Jove, Juno, and the blue-eyed maid.

Thou oft in troubles canst impart

Strength to the fainting mortal heart.

Oh! may their lives thy care engage

In shining youth and hoary age,

That present honour and more bright success

Henceforth his children's children may possess!

Never my tongue with bitter sound

Brave Neoptolemus shall wound.

But to repeat this thrice-told truth

Can want of language only prove;

As babbling sires instruct their youth,

"Corinthus was the son of Jove."