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THE CHACE.
Book II.
Each slacken'd Sinew fails; they pant, they foam;Then o'er the Lawn he bounds, o'er the high HillsStretches secure, and leaves the scatter'd CrowdTo puzzle in the distant Vale below.
 'Tis Instinct that directs the jealous Hare 15To chuse her soft Abode: With Step revers'dShe forms the doubling Maze; then, e'er the MornPeeps thro' the Clouds, leaps to her close Recess.
 As wand'ring Shepherds on th' Arabian PlainsNo settled Residence observe, but shift 20Their moving Camp, now, on some cooler HillWith Cedars crown'd, court the refreshing Breeze;And then, below, where trickling Streams distillFrom some penurious Source, their Thirst allay,And feed their fainting Flocks: So the wise Hares 25Oft quit their Seats, lest some more curious Eye

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