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ition,with the lyre near his feet. The legend is that Hercules was fighting oneday with stones, but had used them all up. ThenJupiter, seeing the danger of his son, raineddown a shower of round stones. These Herculesbent down to pick up, and throw at his enemies,and thus overcame them. This is why… … Oh, to be a sailor And sail to foreign lands —To Greenlands icy mountains And Indias coral strands!To sail upon the Ganges And see the crocodile,Where every prospect pleases, And only man is vile. I d love to see the heathen Bow down to wood and stone,But his wicked graven image I d knock from off…
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