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 To hunt the lazy-footed Bear Around the pole and back again; Scourge him tightly, scourge him faster, Let the savage know his master! And, to close the mighty feat, Light thy lamp of brave conceit With some grim, red-bearded star, (Sign of Famine, Fire, and War,) And hang it on the young moon's horn To show how poet thought is born.