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242 To them, when sets the solar beam,

The rising fire's continual gleam

Is given night's darkness to explore;

While lambent smoke's thick volumes rear

Its fumes of incense through the air.

The deed of strength, the second day

Still terminates the annual fray:

Where round this victor's honour'd brow

Chaplets of pallid myrtle glow;

Rewarding past and present fame,

Which boyhood's threefold triumphs claim.

In his skill'd driver he confides,

Who, steersman-like, the chariot guides.

Him, then, with Orseas will I praise,

Distilling grace from my mellifluous lays.