That bring deliverance, coming to a town

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Rejoicing in its triumph, ... how shall I

Blend good with evil, telling of a storm

That smote the Achæans, not without God's wrath?

For they a compact swore who erst were foes,

Ocean and Fire, and their pledges gave,

Wrecking the ill-starred army of the Argives;

And in the night rose ill of raging storm:

For Thrakian tempests shattered all the ships,