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Of sovran guidance: for the Median first[[55]]
Ruled o'er the host, and then his son in turn
Finished the work, for reason steered his soul;
And Kyros came as third, full richly blest,
And ruled, and gained great peace for all his friends;
And he won o'er the Lydians and the Phrygians,
And conquered all the wide Ionian land;[[56]]
For such his wisdom, he provoked not God.
And Kyros' son came fourth, and ruled the host;