The Hind and the Panther.
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But at the den of thieves he justly flies,
And ev'ry Algerine is lawfull prize.
No private person in the foes estate
Can plead exemption from the publick fate.
Yet Christian laws allow not such redress;
Then let the greater supersede the lefs.
But let th' Abbetors of the Panther's crime
Learn to make fairer wars another time.
Some characters may sure be found to write
Among her sons; for 'tis no common sight
A spotted Dam, and all her offspring white.
And ev'ry Algerine is lawfull prize.
No private person in the foes estate
Can plead exemption from the publick fate.
Yet Christian laws allow not such redress;
Then let the greater supersede the lefs.
But let th' Abbetors of the Panther's crime
Learn to make fairer wars another time.
Some characters may sure be found to write
Among her sons; for 'tis no common sight
A spotted Dam, and all her offspring white.
The Salvage, though the saw her plea controll'd,
Yet wou'd not wholly seem to quit her hold,
But offer'd fairly to compound the strife;
And judge conversion by the convert's life.
'Tis true, she said, I think it somewhat strange
So few shou'd follow profitable change;
For present joys are more to flesh and bloud,
Than a dull prospect of a distant good.
Yet wou'd not wholly seem to quit her hold,
But offer'd fairly to compound the strife;
And judge conversion by the convert's life.
'Tis true, she said, I think it somewhat strange
So few shou'd follow profitable change;
For present joys are more to flesh and bloud,
Than a dull prospect of a distant good.
'Twas
