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Book IV.
THE CHACE.
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The growling Rivals in dread Battle join,And rude Encounter. On Scamander's Streams 45Heroes of old with far less Fury fought,For the bright Spartan Dame, their Valour's Prize.Mangled and torn thy fav'rite Hounds shall lie,Stretch'd on the Ground; thy Kennel shall appearA Field of Blood: like some unhappy Town 50In Civil Broils confus'd, while Discord shakesHer bloody Scourge aloft, fierce Parties rage,Staining their impious Hands in mutual Death.And still the best belov'd, and bravest fall:Such are the dire Effects of lawless Love. 55
Huntsman! these Ills by timely prudent CarePrevent: for ev'ry longing Dame selectSome happy Paramour; to him aloneIn Leagues connubial join. Consider wellHis Lineage; what his Fathers did of old, 60

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