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Refents each flight offence, walks with quick ftep. 



And wildly {lares ; at laft with bounc'lefs iWay 



The t} rant frenzy reigns. For as the dog, 



(Whofe fatal bite convey'd th' infedious bane,) 



Raving he foams, and howls, and barks, and bites. 



Like agitations in his boiling blood 



Prefent like fpecies to his troubled mind ; 



His nature and his adtions all canine. 



So (as old Homer fung) th'affociates wild 



Of wand'ring Ithacus, by Circe's charms 



To fwine transformed, ran gruntling thro' the groves. 



Dreadful example to a wicked world ! 



See there diftrefs'd he lies ! parch*d up with thirft. 



But dares not drink; till now at laft his foul 



Trembling efcapes, her noifome dungeon leaves. 



And to fome purer region wings away. 



One labour yet remains, celeftial maid \ 

 Another element demands thy fong. 

 No more o'er craggy fteeps, thro' coverts thick 

 With pointed thorn, and briars incricare, 

 Urge on with horn and voice the painful pack ; 

 But ikim with wanton wing th' irriguous vale. 

 Where wincing ftreams amid the fljw'ry meads 

 Perpetual glide along, and undermine 

 The cavern'd banks, bv the tenacious roots 

 Of hoary willows arch'd ; gloomy retreat 

 Of the bright fcaly kind, where they at will 

 On the green wat'ry reed their pafture graze. 

 Suck the moift foil, or llumber at their eafe, 



Rock'd 



