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Nor panther braves his spotted foe<br />

in fight,<br />

Nor thus the boar (those terrors <strong>of</strong><br />

the plain;)<br />

Man only vaunts his force, and<br />

vaunts in vain.<br />

But far the vainest <strong>of</strong> the boastful<br />

kind,<br />

<strong>The</strong>se sons <strong>of</strong> Panthus vent their<br />

haughty mind.<br />

Yet 'twas but late, beneath my conquering<br />

steel<br />

This boaster's brother, Hyperenor,<br />

fell;<br />

Against our arm which rashly he<br />

defied,<br />

Vain was his vigour, and as vain his<br />

pride.<br />

<strong>The</strong>se eyes beheld him on the dust<br />

expire,<br />

No more to cheer his spouse, or<br />

glad his sire.

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