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THE CHACE.
Book III.
The furious Brute: He there his Image views;
Spots against Spots with Rage improving glow; 300
Another Pard his bristly Whiskers curls,
Grins as he grins, fierce-menacing, and wide
Distends his op'ning Paws; himself against
Himself opposed, and with dread Vengeance arm'd.
The Huntsman now secure, with fatal Aim 305
Directs the pointed Spear, by which transfix'd
He dies, and with him dies the rival Shade.
Thus Man innum'rous Engines forms, t'assail
The Savage kind: But most the docile Horse,
Swift and confederate with Man, annoys 310
His Brethren of the Plains; without whose Aid
The Hunters Arts were vain, unskill'd to wage
With 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
Spots against Spots with Rage improving glow; 300
Another Pard his bristly Whiskers curls,
Grins as he grins, fierce-menacing, and wide
Distends his op'ning Paws; himself against
Himself opposed, and with dread Vengeance arm'd.
The Huntsman now secure, with fatal Aim 305
Directs the pointed Spear, by which transfix'd
He dies, and with him dies the rival Shade.
Thus Man innum'rous Engines forms, t'assail
The Savage kind: But most the docile Horse,
Swift and confederate with Man, annoys 310
His Brethren of the Plains; without whose Aid
The Hunters Arts were vain, unskill'd to wage
With 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
Him
