But heaven and heaven-born faith are far from thee, 150 Thou first apostate[98] to divinity. Unkennell'd range in thy Polonian plains; A fiercer foe the insatiate Wolf[99] remains. Too boastful Britain, please thyself no more, That beasts of prey are banish'd from thy shore: The Bear, the Boar, and every savage name, Wild in effect, though in appearance tame, Lay waste thy woods, destroy thy blissful bower, And, muzzled though they seem, the mutes devour. More haughty than the rest, the wolfish race 160 Appear with belly gaunt and famish'd face: Never was so deform'd a beast of grace. His ragged tail betwixt his legs he wears, Close clapp'd for shame; but his rough crest he rears, And pricks up his predestinating ears. His wild disorder'd walk, his haggard eyes, Did all the bestial citizens surprise. Though fear'd and hated, yet he ruled awhile, As captain or companion of the spoil. Full many a year[100] his hateful head had been 170 For tribute paid, nor since in Cambria seen: The last of all the litter 'scaped by chance, And from Geneva first infested France. Some authors thus his pedigree will trace, But others write him of an upstart race: Because of Wickliff's brood no mark he brings, But his innate antipathy to kings. These last deduce him from th' Helvetian kind, Who near the Leman lake his consort lined: That fiery Zuinglius first th' affection bred, 180 And meagre Calvin bless'd the nuptial bed. In Israel some believe him whelp'd long since, When the proud Sanhedrim oppress'd the prince; Or, since he will be Jew, derive him higher, When Corah with his brethren did conspire From Moses' hand the sovereign sway to wrest, And Aaron of his ephod to divest: Till opening earth made way for all to pass, And could not bear the burden of a class. The Fox and he came shuffled in the dark, 190 If ever they were stow'd in Noah's ark: Perhaps not made; for all their barking train The Dog (a common species) will contain. And some wild curs, who from their masters ran, Abhorring the supremacy of man, In woods and caves the rebel race began.