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Frogs and Mice.
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This Silver Realm extends beneath my Sway,
30 And me, their Monarch, all its Frogs obey.
Great Physignathus I, from Peleus' Race,
Begot in fair Hydromeduse' Embrace,
Where by the nuptial Bank that paints his Side,
The swift Eridanus delights to glide.
35 Thee too, thy Form, thy Strength, and Port proclaim
A scepter'd King; a Son of Martial Fame;
Then trace thy Line, and aid my guessing Eyes.
Thus ceas'd the Frog, and thus the Mouse replies.
Known to the Gods, the Men, the Birds that fly
40 Thro' wild Expanses of the midway Sky,
My Name resounds; and if unknown to thee,
The Soul of Great Psycarpax lives in me.
Of brave Troxartas' Line, whose sleeky Down
In Love compress'd Lychomile the brown.
45 My Mother she, and Princess of the Plains
Where-e're her Father Pternotroctas reigns:
30 And me, their Monarch, all its Frogs obey.
Great Physignathus I, from Peleus' Race,
Begot in fair Hydromeduse' Embrace,
Where by the nuptial Bank that paints his Side,
The swift Eridanus delights to glide.
35 Thee too, thy Form, thy Strength, and Port proclaim
A scepter'd King; a Son of Martial Fame;
Then trace thy Line, and aid my guessing Eyes.
Thus ceas'd the Frog, and thus the Mouse replies.
Known to the Gods, the Men, the Birds that fly
40 Thro' wild Expanses of the midway Sky,
My Name resounds; and if unknown to thee,
The Soul of Great Psycarpax lives in me.
Of brave Troxartas' Line, whose sleeky Down
In Love compress'd Lychomile the brown.
45 My Mother she, and Princess of the Plains
Where-e're her Father Pternotroctas reigns:
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