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The Hind and the Panther.
So neither granted all, nor much deny'd,
But answer'd with a yawning kind of pride.
But answer'd with a yawning kind of pride.
Methinks such terms of proferr'd peace you bring
As once Æneas to th' Italian King:
By long possession all the land is mine,
You strangers come with your intruding line,
To share my sceptre, which you call to join.
You plead like him an ancient Pedigree,
And claim a peacefull seat by fates decree.
In ready pomp your Sacrificer stands,
T'unite the Trojan and the Latin bands,
And that the League more firmly may be ty'd,
Demand the fair Lavinia for your bride.
Thus plausibly you veil th' intended wrong,
But still you bring your exil'd gods along;
And will endeavour in succeeding space,
Those houshold Poppits on our hearths to place.
Perhaps some barb'rous laws have been preferr'd,
I spake against the Test, but was not heard;
As once Æneas to th' Italian King:
By long possession all the land is mine,
You strangers come with your intruding line,
To share my sceptre, which you call to join.
You plead like him an ancient Pedigree,
And claim a peacefull seat by fates decree.
In ready pomp your Sacrificer stands,
T'unite the Trojan and the Latin bands,
And that the League more firmly may be ty'd,
Demand the fair Lavinia for your bride.
Thus plausibly you veil th' intended wrong,
But still you bring your exil'd gods along;
And will endeavour in succeeding space,
Those houshold Poppits on our hearths to place.
Perhaps some barb'rous laws have been preferr'd,
I spake against the Test, but was not heard;
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