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"When thou my own child to complete my despair, "Refused my [[underline]] own Spoils [[/underline]] with thy Parent to share, "But in vain are thy arts to supplant me on earth, "For know that immortal I am in my birth, "Can defeat all thy charms by a magical spell, "And all thy Productions, in vapour dispell - "Ye Ghosts and Hobgoblins and horrible shapes! "Ye Lions and Gryphons, ye Wolves and ye Apes "Ye strange jumbled figures from River and den, "Ye fireborn monster and fishified men, "Ye raw-head and bloody bones, spectres & shades, "Ye water sprite swains and transmogrified maids, "As your Grandmothers curses on each of you fall, "To Hell and the Devil fly one and fly all! Then the Ghosts and Hobgoblins and horrible shapes, The Lions and Gryphons, the Wolves and the Apes, And strange jumbled figures from River and den and fireborn monsters and fishified men,
