Never was so deformed a beast of grace. }

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His ragged tail betwixt his legs he wears, }

Close clap'd for shame; but his rough crest he rears, }

And pricks up his predestinating ears.[106] }

His wild disordered walk, his hagard eyes,

Did all the bestial citizens surprise.

Though feared and hated, yet he ruled a while,

As captain or companion of the spoil.

Full many a year his hateful head had been