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THE CHACE.
Book I.
Step after Step, their Size the same, their ArmsFar-gleaming, dart the same united Blaze:Reviewing Generals his Merit own;How regular! How just! And all his CaresAre well repaid, is mighty George approve. 275So model thou thy Pack, if Honour touchThy gen'rous Soul, and the World's just Applause.But above all take heed, nor mix thy HoundsOf diff'rent Kinds; discordant Sounds shall grateThy Ears offended, and a lagging Line 280Of babbling Curs disgrace thy broken Pack.But if th' amphibious Otter be thy Chace,Or stately Stag, that o'er the Woodland reigns;Or if th' harmonious Thunder of the FieldDelight thy ravish'd Ears; the deep-flew'd HoundBreed up with Care, strong, heavy, slow, but sure;Whose Ears down-hanging from his thick round Head

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