And partisan distractions,

How like ye the transactions upon Afric's shore?

Ye've all heard of the Lion

Who a rival cast his eye on,

(You'll find him in Bombastes) and thought the brute a bore.

Such rival Leos flourish,

And mutual hatred nourish,

With a snapping almost currish, upon Afric's shore.

Faith their manes are always waving,

And their claws for contest craving,