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 Than thine: I witness it by deeds, not words. Me moved to act, thou shalt not backward draw— Because I glory—glory, that to me The hand of Jove shall grant thy freedom's boon. Pro. Truly I praise thee, and shall ever praise; For thou hast shrunk from nought of kindness. Yet, Toil not for me; since vainly thou wilt toil, Whate'er thou toilest, profiting me nought. Be calm, and save thyself: for not because I needs must sorrow thus, my spirit wills That others should be sorrowful like me. No, in good truth; upon my heart, the fate8 Of Atlas—of my brother, weighs,—who stands Westward, upon his shoulder balancing The column of the heav'n and earth; a burden For strength gigantic. I have also seen. And pitied, by superior force subdued, The earth-born tenant of Cilician caves, Th' embattled monster, him o' the hundred heads,9