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Frogs and Mice.
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Grief, dismal Grief ensues; deep Murmurs sound,
And shriller Fury fills the deafen'd Ground;
From Lodge to Lodge the sacred Heralds run,
140 To fix their Council with the rising Sun;
Where great Troxartas crown'd in Glory reigns,
And winds his length'ning Court beneath the Plains;
Psycarpax Father, Father now no more!
For poor Psycarpax lies remote from Shore;
145 Supine he lies! the silent Waters stand,
And no kind Billow wafts the Dead to Land!
And shriller Fury fills the deafen'd Ground;
From Lodge to Lodge the sacred Heralds run,
140 To fix their Council with the rising Sun;
Where great Troxartas crown'd in Glory reigns,
And winds his length'ning Court beneath the Plains;
Psycarpax Father, Father now no more!
For poor Psycarpax lies remote from Shore;
145 Supine he lies! the silent Waters stand,
And no kind Billow wafts the Dead to Land!
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