Gave gloomy signs of secret enmity
'Tis true, she bounded by, and trip'd so light,
They had not time to take a steady sight;
For truth has such a face and such a mien,
As to be loved needs only to be seen.
The bloody Bear, an independent beast,
Unlicked to form, in groans her hate exprest.[98]
Among the timorous kind, the quaking Hare
Professed neutrality, but would not swear.[99]
Next her the buffoon Ape, as atheists use,