"His heart with rage this new dishonour stung, / Wav'ring his thoughts in dubious balance hung; / Or, instant should he quench the guilty flame / With their own blood, and intercept the shame; / Or to their lust indulge a last embrace, / And let the Peers consummate the disgrace?"
The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek
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<u>The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek</u>, 5 vols. (London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, 1725-26).