Against Cassius Severus, a rerevileful and wanton Poet.

Thou village-cur! why dost thou bark at me?

A wolf might come, and go, for thee.

At me thou open'st wide, and think'st that I

Will bark with thee for company.

I'm of another kind, and bravely dare

(Like th' mastiff) watch my flock with care:

Dare hunt through snow, and seize that savage beast

That might my darling folds molest:

Thou (only in the noise thou mak'st) robust