That friends accept our bull-similitude.

Bull-like,—the indiscriminate slaughter, rude

And reckless aggravation of revenge,

Were all i' the way o' the brute who never once

Ceases, amid all provocation more,

To bear in mind the first tormentor, first

Giver o' the wound that goaded him to fight:

And, though a dozen follow and reinforce

The aggressor, wound in front and wound in flank,

Continues undisturbedly pursuit,