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The _Lion_ ranges round the wood, / And makes the lesser beasts his food: / Thus tyrants on their subjects prey, / And rule with arbitrary sway.
Though the _Lion_ is such a strong devouring creature, yet _Daniel_ was / thrown into a den among several of them, and received no harm. For he / was punished on account of his religion and virtue, he prayed unto God, / and the Lord delivered him.