Like a young horse
Who bites against the new bit in his teeth,
And tugs and struggles against the new-tried rein.

Δακὼν δὲ στόμιον ὡς νεοζυγὴς
πῶλος βιάζῃ καὶ πρὸς ἡνίας μάχῃ.

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