Odes of Pindar With several other Pieces in Prose and Verse, Translated from the Greek. To which is added a dissertation on the Olympick games. By Gilbert West |
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On Milo the Wrestler.
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On Milo the Wrestler.
When none adventur'd, in th'Olympick SandThe Might of boist'rous Milo to withstand;
Th'unrivall'd Chief advanc'd to seize the Crown,
But 'mid his Triumph slip'd unwary down.
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The Wreath on him, who fell without a Foe.
But rising, in the midst he stood, and cry'd,
Do not Three Falls the Victory decide?
Fortune indeed hath giv'n me One, but who
Will undertake to throw me th'other Two?
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