She ceas’d; then godlike Hector answer’d kind –
‘That post and all the rest shall be my care;But shall I then forsake the unfinish’d war?How would the Trojans brand great Hector’s name!And one base action sully all my fame,Acquired by wounds, and battles bravely fought!Oh! how my soul abhors so mean a thought.Long have I learnt to slight this feeble breath,And view with…