Him the stern tyrant with his iron scourge

Annoys not, nor the dire oppressive weight

Of galling chain; but, when the blushing morn

Purples the East, with eager transport wild

O’er hill, o’er valley, on his panting steed

He bounds exulting, as in full career

With horns, and hounds, and thund’ring shouts, he drives

The flying stag; or when the dusky shades

Of eve, advancing, veil the darken’d sky,

To neighbouring tavern, blithsome, he resorts