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36. Upon his using the Laurel, as a Shield, to protect him against Lightning.
When as a fiery exhalation ror'd;And through the Middle Region, Passage bor'd:
Tiberias fortifi'd his Kingly Brow;
With the prov'd Helmet, of a Laurel Bough.
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Not Envy's Thunder-Bolt, can pierce such Arms.
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