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And choakt amid the Waves: nor triumpht long;
For strong Psicharpax through his Liver thrust
515 His Jav'lin's deadly Point. Pelusius view'd
The Wound amaz'd, but gath'ring Courage new,
Crafty a handful large of oily Mud
At fierce Psicharpax Murrion right he threw,
Which all bemir'd with Slime his manly Beard,
520 Nigh clos'd his open Eyes, and stifled Nose besmear'd.
For strong Psicharpax through his Liver thrust
515 His Jav'lin's deadly Point. Pelusius view'd
The Wound amaz'd, but gath'ring Courage new,
Crafty a handful large of oily Mud
At fierce Psicharpax Murrion right he threw,
Which all bemir'd with Slime his manly Beard,
520 Nigh clos'd his open Eyes, and stifled Nose besmear'd.
LIII.
The Mouse half blind and strangled, mad with Shame,
A Stone amidst his Foes at random hurl'd,
Which haply had he seen with Skill to aim,
Had sent some warrior Frog to Pluto's World;
525 The massy Stone Pelusius'[1] Knee-pan broke,
Which fail'd, unable to support his Weight;
Pelides, King of Frogs, a second Stroke
Forbad, quick to prevent his Brother's Fate,
The Mouse half blind and strangled, mad with Shame,
A Stone amidst his Foes at random hurl'd,
Which haply had he seen with Skill to aim,
Had sent some warrior Frog to Pluto's World;
525 The massy Stone Pelusius'[1] Knee-pan broke,
Which fail'd, unable to support his Weight;
Pelides, King of Frogs, a second Stroke
Forbad, quick to prevent his Brother's Fate,
- ↑ v. 525. Pelusius.] From Mud.
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