That I dread, I confess, e’en the sight of his claws;
And as to his muscles, ’tis said that when counted,
To four thousand and just forty-one they amounted;
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Of Musk too, I’m told, he sheds such perfume,
That wherever he goes, he fills the whole room.
Exclude him we will, with the old Dromedary,[23]
The Elephant[24] cunning, and Fox[25] too, so wary,
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That though I don’t know it for certain, I’m told
They cheat at Ecarté, like Hermes of old.
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