Detested Hunter! Nimrod led the way,
War was his savage pastime, man his prey;
For brutal strength by trembling vassals fear'd
The walls of ancient Babylon he rear'd:
In his high dome, with crayons rude portray'd,
The warrior's dread atchievements were display'd;
Here pierc'd with darts th' expiring tyger lay,
There rush'd embattled hosts in firm array;
There in his car the thickest ranks he broke,
And nations yielded to his galling yoke.