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“ ‘Illustrious Gange am I, whose farthest fount in realms celestial, heav’enly heights, I trace: And yon stands Indus, King, who on the mount which thou regardest, hath of birth his place. Thou shalt hard warfare wage on our account; but, still insisting ev’ery fear to face, with ne’er seen conquests, and sans soil or stain, the tribes thou viewest thou shalt curb and rein.’