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Book III.
THE CHACE.
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Dash'd the resounding Surge. Nor less at LandHis royal Cares; wise, potent, gracious Prince!His Subjects from their cruel Foes he sav'd,And from rapacious Savages their Flocks. 15Cambria's proud Kings (tho' with Reluctance) paidTheir tributary Wolves; Head after Head,In full Account, 'till the Woods yield no more,And all the rav'nous Race extinct is lost.In fertile Pastures, more securely graz'd 20The social Troops; and soon their large IncreaseWith curling Fleeces whiten'd all the Plains.But yet alas! the wily Fox remain'd,A subtle, pilf'ring Foe, proling aroundIn Midnight Shades, and wakeful to destroy. 25In the full Fold, the poor defenceless Lamb,Seiz'd by his guileful Arts, with sweet warm BloodSupplies a rich Repast. The mournful Ewe,Her dearest Treasure lost, thro' the dun Night

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