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 Or should pursuers press him hot, One scarcely needs to mention His quick and cruel barbs, that got Shakespearean attention;

Or driven to his final ditch, To his extremest thicket, He’ll fight with claws and molars (which Is not considered cricket).

How amply armored, he, to fend The fear of chase that haunts him! How well prepared our little friend!— And who the devil wants him?