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THE CHACE.
Book IV.
The taper, pliant Twig; or Potters formTheir soft and ductile Clay to various Shapes.
Nor is't enough to breed; but to preserveMust be the Huntsman's Care. The stanch old Hounds,Guides of thy Pack, tho' but in Number few, 165Are yet of great Account; shall oft untyeThe Gordian Knot, when Reason at a standPuzzling is lost, and all thy Art is vain.O'er clogging Fallows, o'er dry plaster'd Roads,O'er floated Meads, o'er Plains with Flocks distain'dRank-scenting, these must lead the dubious Way.As Party-Chiefs in Senates who preside,With pleaded Reason and with well-turn'd SpeechConduct the staring Multitude; so theseDirect the Pack, who with joint Cry approve, 175And loudly boast Discov'ries not their own.

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