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Looks Claudius forth, on strange Britannic chariots;
And in the plain, still, in his wavering thought,
Sees city of Priamos, sees blue Hellespont:
Then trembles he; and quakes his various heart.
Yond countenance of fierce nations, he admires;
Whose shields, like painted doors, before their breasts.
Seem sea-gods' children, yond blue-painted warriors!
Long yellow-haired, tall and great limbed, as Almains.
He would, of such, he might conscribe a legion!
Aye, and this will he do; and them, also, send,
(When Isle Britannia won,) to wars of Rome!
And Claudius drew his tablets forth, anon;
As that he somewhat would endite; and questions,
With knights, (come in from field,) and libertines.
And in the plain, still, in his wavering thought,
Sees city of Priamos, sees blue Hellespont:
Then trembles he; and quakes his various heart.
Yond countenance of fierce nations, he admires;
Whose shields, like painted doors, before their breasts.
Seem sea-gods' children, yond blue-painted warriors!
Long yellow-haired, tall and great limbed, as Almains.
He would, of such, he might conscribe a legion!
Aye, and this will he do; and them, also, send,
(When Isle Britannia won,) to wars of Rome!
And Claudius drew his tablets forth, anon;
As that he somewhat would endite; and questions,
With knights, (come in from field,) and libertines.
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