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EPIGRAM II. ON AGATHON.
For Agathon, in fighting Fields renown'dAbdera mourns his funeral Pile around;
For him she mingles Tears with bright Applause,
Who nobly suffer'd in his Country's Cause:
No Youth so brave, unknowing how to yield,
E'er perish'd in the Thunder of the Field.
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