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Rh Are gather'd in a golden net,

To fix with her extended hand

The oath that binds the powers above,

And stamp with fate the nod of Jove,

Which the bright isle emerging from the wave,

To Phœbus and his latest offspring gave.

Hence o'er the land extends his sway

Who darts the piercing beams of day;

The charioteer whose guiding rein

Wide over the celestial plain

His fire-exhaling steeds obey.

With Rhodos there in amorous embrace

Conjoin'd, the god begat a valiant race;

Seven noble sons, with wisdom's gifts endow'd

By their great sire above the vulgar crowd.

Cameirus from this root with Lindus came,

And Ialysus, venerable name:

Three chiefs who over the divided land

In equal portions held supreme command.

Apart they reign'd, and bade each city bear

The monarch's name who sway'd the sceptre there.

In that bless'd isle secure at last

'Twas thine, Tlepolemus, to meet

For each afflictive trial past

A recompense and respite sweet.

Chief of Tirynthian hosts, to thee

As to a present deity,

The fumes of slaughter'd sheep arise

In all the pomp of sacrifice:

Awarded by thy just decree

The victor gains his verdant prize.