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Original Text:
HIPPOLYTE LARDÉ PAR CUPIDON.
Depuis ce jour fatal, ce chasseur si terrible,
Echangea son fusil contre un doux galoubet,
Et quand il épanchait ainsi son cœur sensible
Les lapins sans frayeur lui mordaient le mollet.

Racine variante de Phèdre.

Translation:
HIPPOLYTUS SKEWERED BY CUPID.
After this fatal day, this hunter so terrible
exchanged his gun against a sweet pipe
his days of hunting are finally over
while his appearance has definitely lost all its bite.

(A variation of Racine's Phedra)