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1     I|  centre pressed~ (If thou art ready to believe that aught~ Itself
2    II| defend~ Their motherland, and ready to stand forth,~ The guard
3    II|      when matter abundant~ Is ready there, when space on hand,
4   III|      that souls should stand~ Ready hard by seems ludicrous
5    IV|       placed along the front~ Ready to hand. Lastly those images~
6    IV| divers idols are hard by, and ready~ Each in its place diverse?
7     V|     For since~ Each hand made ready in its wrath to take~ A
8    VI|    most urgently require~ Was ready to hand for mortals, and
9    VI|  Wrenched forward, over-hang, ready to go.~ Yet dread men to