A fiercer foe the insatiate Wolf remains.

Too boastful Britain, please thyself no more,

That beasts of prey are banished from thy shore;

The bear, the boar, and every savage name,

Wild in effect, though in appearance tame,

Lay waste thy woods, destroy thy blissful bower,

And, muzzled though they seem, the mutes devour.

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More haughty than the rest, the wolfish race }

Appears with belly gaunt, and famished face; }