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THE CHACE.
Book II.
And the wild Howlings of the Beasts within 475Rend wide the Welkin, Flights of Arrows, wing'd With Death, and Javelins lanc'd from ev'ry Arm, Gall sore the brutal Bands, with many a Wound Gor'd thro' and thro'. Despair at last prevails, When fainting Nature shrinks, and rouses all 480Their drooping Courage. Swell'd with furious Rage, Their Eyes dart Fire; and on the youthful Band They rush implacable. They their broad Shields Quick interpose; on each devoted Head Their flaming Falchions, as the Bolts of Jove, 485Descend unerring. Prostrate on the GroundThe grinning Monsters lye, and their foul Gore Defiles the verdant Plain. Nor idle stand The trusty Slaves; with pointed Spears they pierce Thro' their tough Hides; or at their gaping Mouths An easier Passage find. The King of Brutes In broken Roarings breaths his last; the Bear

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