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CANTO II.] And filled the bowl, and trimmed the cheerful lamp,

And spread their fare; though homely, all they had:

Such conduct bears Philanthropy's rare stamp:

To rest the weary and to soothe the sad,

Doth lesson happier men, and shames at least the bad.

LXIX.

It came to pass, that when he did address

Himself to quit at length this mountain-land,

Combined marauders half-way barred egress,

And wasted far and near with glaive and brand;

And therefore did he take a trusty band

To traverse Acarnania's forest wide,

In war well-seasoned, and with labours tanned,

Till he did greet white Achelous' tide,

And from his further bank Ætolia's wolds espied.

LXX.

Where lone Utraikey forms its circling cove,

And weary waves retire to gleam at rest,