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THE CHACE.
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To wrest the Balance from thy equal Hand;Thy Hunter-Train, in chearful Green array'd, 25(A Band undaunted, and inur'd to Toils,) Shall compass thee around, dye at thy Feet,Or hew thy Passage thro' th' embattled Foe,And clear thy Way to Fame; inspir'd by theeThe nobler Chace of Glory shall pursue 30Thro' Fire, and Smoke, and Blood, and Fields of Death.
 Nature, in her Productions slow, aspiresBy just Degrees to reach Perfection's Height:So mimick Art works leisurely, 'till TimeImprove the Piece, or wise Experience give 35The proper Finishing. When Nimrod bold,That mighty Hunter, first made War on Beasts,And stain'd the Wood-land Green with purple Dye,New, and unpolish'd was the Huntsman's Art;

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