You, blatant coward that you are, br Upon the helpless vent your spite. br Suppose you ply your trade on me; br Come, monkey with this bard, and see br How I'll repay your bark with bite! br br Ay, snarl just once at me, you brute! br And I shall hound you far and wide, br As fiercely as through drifted snow br The shepherd dog pursues what foe br Skulks on the Spartan mountain-side.