The libbard and the tiger, as the mole
Rising, the crumbl’d earth above them threw
In hillocks; the swift stag from under ground
Bore up his branching head; scarce from his mould
Behemoth biggest born of earth upheav’d
His wastness; fleec’t the flocks and bleating rose
As plants; ambiguos between sea and land
The cyber-fish and scaly Monkey.
Adaptation from PARADISE LOST, vii, 453 sqq.