Of all the savage nation shewed respect.
The viceroy Panther could not awe the herd;
The more the company, the less they feared.
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The surly Wolf with secret envy burst, }
Yet could not howl; (the Hind had seen him first;)[132] }
But what he durst not speak, the Panther durst. }
For when the herd, sufficed, did late repair
To ferny heaths, and to their forest lair,
She made a mannerly excuse to stay,