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THE MACEDONIAN PHALANX. - ZaunköniG - 18.12.2012 Ranq'd o'er the wide-stretch'd plain the columns stood, Firm, as the valiant hearts that beat beneath Their massive armour, which the pointed death Repuls'd, tho' often dy'd with warrior's blood, And tho' the assailing came like a flood Which vainly chafes the rock-encircled coast Th' impetuous dashing was ev'n as lost, Still unbroken as an impervious wood ; But if the close-compacted lines betray'd An interval, like unimproved time, As lacking judgment's all-consid'ring aid, Resembling thunder when it rolls sublime, While bursting through the void, the foe would seek The glorious phalanx its mighty strength to break. |