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In Equum quo excussus Auriacus extinctus est.
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In Equum quo excussus Auriacus extinctus est.
Translation.
Illustrious steed! who shouldst the zodiack grace,To whom bear, bull, and lion should give place!
Blest be the dugs that nurs'd thee, blest the earth
That first receiv'd thee, and beheld thy birth!
Com'st thou from Ireland, to revenge her blood?
Art thou Glenco's, or art thou Finnac's brood?
Whoe'er thou be, be now for ever blest,
And spend the remnant of thy days in rest;
No servile toil thy sacred limbs profane,
No load thy back, no curb thy mouth restrain;
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But both enjoy the liberty you gave.
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