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You would fain be kinglier, say, than I am? Even so, you will not sit like Theseus. You would prove a model? The Son of Priam Has yet the advantage in arms’ and knees’ use. You’re wroth--can you slay your snake like Apollo? You’re grieved--still Niobe’s the grander! You live--there’s the Racers’ frieze to follow: You die--there’s the dying Alexander.