Helenor, elder of the two: by birth,
On one side royal, one a son of earth,
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{ Whom, to the Lydian king, Licymnia bare,
{ And sent her boasted bastard to the war:
{ (A privilege which none but freemen share.)
Slight were his arms, a sword and silver shield:
No marks of honour charged its empty field.
Light as he fell, so light the youth arose,
And rising, found himself amidst his foes;