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THE CHACE.
Book I.
And with one mutual Cry insult the Fall'n!
Emblem too just of Man's degen'rate Race.
Emblem too just of Man's degen'rate Race.
Others apart by native Instinct led,
Knowing Instructor! 'mong the ranker Grass
Cull each salubrious Plant, with bitter Juice 210
Concoctive stor'd, and potent to allay
Each vitious Ferment. Thus the Hand divine
Of Providence, beneficent and kind
To all his Creatures, for the Brutes prescribes
A ready Remedy, and is himself 215
Their great Physician. Now grown stiff with Age,
And many a painful Chace, the wise old Hound
Regardless of the frolick Pack, attends
His Master's Side, or slumbers at his Ease
Beneath the bending Shade; there many a Ring 220
Runs o're in Dreams; now on the doubtful Foil
Puzzles perplex'd, or Doubles intricate
Knowing Instructor! 'mong the ranker Grass
Cull each salubrious Plant, with bitter Juice 210
Concoctive stor'd, and potent to allay
Each vitious Ferment. Thus the Hand divine
Of Providence, beneficent and kind
To all his Creatures, for the Brutes prescribes
A ready Remedy, and is himself 215
Their great Physician. Now grown stiff with Age,
And many a painful Chace, the wise old Hound
Regardless of the frolick Pack, attends
His Master's Side, or slumbers at his Ease
Beneath the bending Shade; there many a Ring 220
Runs o're in Dreams; now on the doubtful Foil
Puzzles perplex'd, or Doubles intricate
Cautious
