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Book II.
THE CHACE.
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Thro' all the Regions near: Afflictive Birch No more the School-boy dreads, his Prison broke,Scamp'ring he flies, nor heeds his Master's Call;The weary Traveller forgets his Road,And climbs th' adjacent Hill; the Ploughman leavesTh' unfinish'd Furrow; nor his bleating FlocksAre now the Shepherd's Joy; Men, Boys, and GirlsDesert th'unpeopled Village; and wild CrowdsSpread o'er the Plain, by the sweet Frenzy seiz'd.Look, how the pants! and o'er yon op'ning GladeSlips glancing by; while, at the further End,The puzzling Pack unravel Wile by WileMaze within Maze. The Covert's utmost BoundSlyly the skirts; behind them cautious creeps,And in that very Track, so lately stain'd 205By all the steaming Crowd, seems to pursueThe Foe she flies. Let Cavillers denyThat Brutes have Reason; sure 'tis something more,

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