Is for our all.” And on our side indeed
Arose in answer din of Persian speech,
And time to wait was over; ship on ship
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Dashed its bronze-pointed beak, and first a barque
Of Hellas did the encounter fierce begin,[[37]]
And from Phœnikian vessel crashes off
Her carved prow. And each against his neighbour
Steers his own ship: and first the mighty flood
Of Persian host held out. But when the ships