The Works of John Dryden: in Verse And Prose, With a Life
The Works of John Dryden: in Verse And Prose, With a Life
Dryden John
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And as a savage boar, on mountains bred, With Ibrest mast and fatt'ning marshes fed, When once he sees himself in toils encloa*d. By buDlsmen and their eager hounds oppos'd. He whets his tusks, and turns, and dares the war, Th' invaders dart their javlins from afar : All keep aloof, and safely shout around ; But none presumes to give a nearer wound : He frets and (roths, erects his bristled hide, And shakes a grove of lances from his side : Not otherwise the troops, with hate inspired. And just... revenge against the tjrrant fiHd, Their darts with clamour at a distance drive, And only keep the languishM war alive. From Corythus came Acron to the fight. Who left his spouse betroth'd, and unooosum- mate night. Meientius sees him through the squadron ride* PlO^dof the purple favours of his bride. XheQ a* a hungry lion, who behoMs A gamesome goat who frisks about the folds, Or beamy stag that grazes oo the plain- He runs, he roars, he shakes his rising mane. He grins, and opens wide his greedy jaws : The prey lies panting underneath his paws : He fills his fainish'd maw ; his mouth runs o^er With unehew'd morsels, while he chums the gore: So proud Mezentius rushes on nis foes, And first unhappy Acron overthrows ; Stretch'd at his length, he spurns the swarthy ground [the wound.
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