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 1   III|    shun their ire doth safely shrink~Under the shelter of the
 2     V|      to make these great ones shrink,~The people love him whom
 3     V| friends, whose love did never shrink or start,~Preferred their
 4    VI| weaker parts,~Which made them shrink who on their combat thought:~
 5    VI|     with horror and amazement shrink,~When on their future fight
 6    IX|    But when he saw the Pagans shrink away,~He sounded the retreat,
 7     X|      yet, though Asia's kings~Shrink at his name, and tremble
 8    XI| assault this wall,~I will not shrink, nor fly, nor hide my crown,~
 9    XI|    walls before the Frenchmen shrink and shake,~And gaping sign
10   XIX|     Argantes once to yield or shrink?~ ~ XXII~"Use, use thy vantage,
11    XX|  banners shake, their bearers shrink, for ill~Their leaders heard,
12    XX|       No doubt could make her shrink, no danger yield,~By Thermodont
13    XX| fought they long, yet neither shrink nor yield,~In equal balance
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