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THE CHACE.
Book IV.
Select with Joy; but to the merc'less Flood
Expose the dwindling Refuse, nor o'erload 95
Th' indulgent Mother. If thy Heart relent,
Unwilling to destroy, a Nurse provide,
And to the Foster-Parent give the Care
Of thy superfluous Brood; she'll cherish kind
The Alien Offspring; pleas'd thou shalt behold 100
Her Tenderness, and hospitable Love.
Expose the dwindling Refuse, nor o'erload 95
Th' indulgent Mother. If thy Heart relent,
Unwilling to destroy, a Nurse provide,
And to the Foster-Parent give the Care
Of thy superfluous Brood; she'll cherish kind
The Alien Offspring; pleas'd thou shalt behold 100
Her Tenderness, and hospitable Love.
If frolick now, and play-full they desert
Their gloomy Cell, and on the verdant Turf
With Nerves improv'd, pursue the mimick Chace,
Coursing around; unto thy choicest Friends 150
Commit thy valu'd Prize: The rustick Dames
Shall at thy Kennel wait, and in their Laps
Receive thy growing Hopes, with many a Kiss
Caress, and dignify their little Charge
With some great Title, and resounding Name 110
Their gloomy Cell, and on the verdant Turf
With Nerves improv'd, pursue the mimick Chace,
Coursing around; unto thy choicest Friends 150
Commit thy valu'd Prize: The rustick Dames
Shall at thy Kennel wait, and in their Laps
Receive thy growing Hopes, with many a Kiss
Caress, and dignify their little Charge
With some great Title, and resounding Name 110
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