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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[To the swift Victor be no more assign'd]
To the swift Victor be no more assign'dThe bleating Offspring of the fleecy kind.
But from the Olive, which spontaneous grows
In Pisa's Vale, a verdant Crown compose;
That Olive, round whose venerable Head
Her subtle Textures hath Arachne spread.
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