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Could merit more then that small infantry [ 575 ]
With dread of death to flight or foul retreat, [ 555 ]
Had to impose: He through the armed Files
In Fable or Romance of Uthers Son [ 580 ]
Glories: For never since created man,
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Thir painful steps ore the burnt soyle; and now
With solemn touches, troubld thoughts, and chase
A Forest huge of Spears: and thronging Helms
Appeard, and serried shields in thick array
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The whole Battalion views, thir order due,
Thir number last he summs. And now his heart
Awaiting what command thir mighty Chief
That fought at Thebs and Ilium, on each side
Nor wanting power to mitigate and swage
Warrd on by Cranes: though all the Giant brood
Wit九九藏書h Orient Colours waving: with them rose
Arming to Battel, and in stead of rage
Mixt with auxiliar Gods; and what resounds
Ten thousand Banners rise into the Air [ 545 ]
Anguish and doubt and fear and sorrow and pain
Distends with pride, and hardning in his strength
Met such imbodied f九-九-藏-書orce, as namd with these
Of Warriers old with orderd Spear and Shield, [ 565 ]
Of Phlegra with th Heroic Race were joynd
To hight of noblest temper Heros old
From mortal or immortal minds. Thus they
Begirt with British and Armoric Knights;
Thir visages and stature as of Gods, [ 570 ]
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Of depth immeasurable: Anon they move
Darts his experienct eye, and soon traverse
Deliberate valour breathd, firm and unmovd
Of Flutes and soft Recorders; such as raisd
In perfect Phalanx to the Dorian mood [ 550 ]
All in a moment through the gloom were seen