Book II.
THE CHACE.
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The busy Hunter-train mark out the Ground,
A wide Circumference; full many a League
In Compass round; Woods, Rivers, Hills, and Plains,
Large Provinces, enough to gratify 360
Ambition's highest Aim, could Reason bound
Man's erring Will. Now sit in close Divan
The mighty Chiefs of this prodigious Host.
He from the Throne high-eminent presides,
Gives out his Mandates proud, Laws of the Chace,
From ancient Records drawn. With Rev'rence low,
And prostrate at his Feet, the Chiefs receive
His irreversible Decrees, from which
To vary, is to die. Then his brave Bands
Each to his Station leads; encamping round, 370
'Till the wide Circle is compleatly form'd.
Where decent Order reigns, what these command
Those execute with Speed, and punctual Care;
A wide Circumference; full many a League
In Compass round; Woods, Rivers, Hills, and Plains,
Large Provinces, enough to gratify 360
Ambition's highest Aim, could Reason bound
Man's erring Will. Now sit in close Divan
The mighty Chiefs of this prodigious Host.
He from the Throne high-eminent presides,
Gives out his Mandates proud, Laws of the Chace,
From ancient Records drawn. With Rev'rence low,
And prostrate at his Feet, the Chiefs receive
His irreversible Decrees, from which
To vary, is to die. Then his brave Bands
Each to his Station leads; encamping round, 370
'Till the wide Circle is compleatly form'd.
Where decent Order reigns, what these command
Those execute with Speed, and punctual Care;
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