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THE CHACE.
Book III.
The furious Brute: He there his Image views;Spots against Spots with Rage improving glow; 300Another Pard his bristly Whiskers curls,Grins as he grins, fierce-menacing, and wideDistends his op'ning Paws; himself againstHimself opposed, and with dread Vengeance arm'd.The Huntsman now secure, with fatal Aim 305Directs the pointed Spear, by which transfix'dHe dies, and with him dies the rival Shade.Thus Man innum'rous Engines forms, t'assailThe Savage kind: But most the docile Horse,Swift and confederate with Man, annoys 310His Brethren of the Plains; without whose AidThe Hunters Arts were vain, unskill'd to wageWith the more active Brutes, an equal War.But born by him, without the well-train'd Pack,Man dares his Foe, on Wings of Winds secure. 315

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