CANTO in. PROGRESS OF THE MIND. 113 



" Thus jealous quails or village-cocks inspect 

 Each other's necks with stiffen'd plumes erect; 

 Smit with the wordless eloquence, they know 

 The rival passion of the threatening foe. 

 So when the famish'd wolves at midnight howl, 

 Fell serpents hiss, or fierce hyenas growl ;. 

 Indignant Lions rear their bristling mail, 

 And lash their sides with undulating tail. 350 



Or when the Savage-Man with clenched fist 

 Parades, the scowling champion of the list; 

 With brandish'd arms, and eyes that roll to know 

 Where first to fix the meditated blow; 

 Association's mystic power combines 

 Internal passions with external signs. 



'* From these dumb gestures first the exchange began 

 Of viewless thought in bird, and beast, and man; 

 And still the stage by mimic art displays 

 Historic pantomime in modern days; 360 



