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I, too, at length discerned great Hercules’ energy mighty,–
Round him were heard, like the screaming of birds,the screams of tragedians,And, with the baying of dogs, barked dramaturgists around.There stood the giant in all his terrors; his bow was extended,And the bolt, fixed on the string, steadily aimed at the heart.‘What still hardier action, unhappy one, dost thou now venture,Thus to descend to the…
Majesty of the nature of man! In crowds shall I seek thee?
Only a few ever count; the rest are but blanks of no value,And the prizes are hid ‘neath the vain stir that they make.
Sure of the spring that warms them into birth,
And dost thou doubt the eternal spring sublime,For deeds–the seeds which wisdom sows in time.
‘Take the world!’ Zeus exclaimed from his throne in the skies
It shall ever remain as your heirloom and prize,So divide it as brothers, and happily live.’Then all who had hands sought their share to obtain,The young and the aged made haste to appear;The husbandman seized on the fruits of the plain,The youth through the forest pursued the fleet deer.The merchant took all that his warehouse…