Journal of a Tour in the Principalities: Crimea, and Countries Adjacent to the Black Sea in the Years 1835-36

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Page 10 - And first he cased his manly legs around In shining greaves, with silver buckles bound : The beaming cuirass next adorn'd his breast, The same which once King Cinyras possess'd : (The fame of Greece and her assembled host Had reach'd that monarch on the Cyprian coast; 'Twas then, the friendship of the chief to gain, This glorious gift he sent, nor sent in vain...

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