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I must have one; you cannot say Nay; O mother, a Hoop!" Another stanza shows the practical usefulness of the hoop: "Pray, hear me, dear mother, what I have been taught: Nine men and nine women o'erset in a boat; The men were all drowned, but the women did float, And by help of their hoops they all safely got out."
These woods, that holy grove, my long delight, I gave the Trojan prince, to speed his flight. Now filled with fear, on their behalf I come; Let neither winds o'erset, nor waves entomb, The floating forests of the sacred pine; But let it be their safety to be mine."
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