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And drop their feeble tails, to cooler (hades 

 Lead forth the panting tribe ; foon (halt thou find 

 The cordial breeze theif fainting hearts revive : 

 Tumultuous foon they plunge into the ftream. 

 There lave their recking fides, with greedy joy 

 Gulp down the flving wave, this way and that 

 From Ihore to fhore they fwim, while clartiour loud 

 And wild uproar torments the troubled flood : 

 Then on the funnv bank they roll and ftrctch 

 Their c pn'-ng limbs, or elfe in wanton rings 

 Courfint; around, purfuing and purfued, 

 The merry multitude difporting play. 



But here with watchful and obfervanteye 

 Attend their frollcks, which too often end 

 In bloody broils and death. High o*er thy head 

 Wave thy reiounding whip, and with a voice 

 Fierce-menacing o'er-rule the ftern debate. 

 And quench their kindling rage •, for oft in fpott 

 Begun, combat enfues, growling they fnarl. 

 Then, on their haunches rear'd, rampant they feizg 

 Each other's throats, with teeth and claws^ in gore 

 Befmear'd, they wound, they tear, till on the groundj 

 Panting, half dead theconquer'd champion lies: 

 Then fudden all the bafe, ignoble crowd 

 Loud-clain'ring feize the helplefs worried wretch. 

 And, thirftingfor his blood, drag diff'rent ways 

 His mangled carcafs on th' enfanguin'd plain. 

 O ! breafts of pity void I t' opprefs the weak, 

 To point your vengeance at the friendlefs head, 



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