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Book I.
THE CHACE.
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So well proportion'd, that the nicer SkillOf Phidias himself cant' blame thy Choice. 255Of such compose thy Pack. But here a MeanObserve, nor the large Hound prefer, of SizeGigantick; he in the thick-woven CovertPainfully tugs, or in the thorny BrakeTorn and embarrass'd bleeds: But if too small, 260The pigmy Brood in ev'ry Furrow swims;Moil'd in the clogging Clay, panting they lagBehind inglorious; or else shivering creepBenumb'd and faint beneath the shelt'ring Thorn.For Hounds of middle Size, active and strong,Will better answer all thy various Ends,And crown thy pleasing Labours with Success.
As some brave Captain, curious and exact,By his fix'd Standard forms in equal RanksHis gay Battalion, as one Man they move 270

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