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Then sent he for his captain of the guard,
And said to him: “Now must thou e'en keep ward
Closer than heretofore upon the gates,
Because we know not now what thing awaits

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The city, and Bellerophon will go
The truth of all these wondrous things to know:
So let none pass unquestioned; nay, bring here
Whatever man bears tales of woe or fear
Into the city; fain would I know all—
Nay, speak, what thinkest thou is like to fall?”