The learned Chiron to his father gave.

(Book IV. of the Iliad, Lines 221–259.)

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He said: the spear, by Pallas guided, struck

Beside the nostril, underneath the eye;

Crashed through the teeth, and cutting through the tongue

Beneath the angle of the jaw came forth:

Down from the car he fell; and loudly rang

His glittering arms: aside the startled steeds

Sprang devious: from his limbs the spirit fled.