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“Vainly the haughty olden Giants vied by war to win Olympus clear and pure: Pirith and Theseus mad with ign’orance tried of Pluto’s realm to burst the dread Obscure; If in the world such works hath workèd pride, not less ’tis labour excellent and dure, bold as it was to brave both Heav’en and Hell, for man o’er raging Nereus to prevail.