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Attend his call, then with one mutual cry 



The welcome news confirm, and echoing hills 



Repeat the pleafing tale. See how they thread 



The brakes, and up yon furrow drive along ! 



But quick they back recoil, and wifely check 



Their eager hafte ; then o'er the fallow'd ground 



How leifurely they work, and many a paufe 



Th' harmonious concert breaks ; till more aflur'd 



With joy redoubled the low vallies ring. 



What artful labyrinths perplex their way ! 



Ah ! there Iheliesi howclofe ! Ihe pants, fhe doubts 



If now Ihe lives j fhe trembles as fhe firs. 



With horror feiz'd. The wither'd grafs that clings 



Around her head, of the fame ruffet hue, 



Almofl deceiv'd my fight, had not her eyes 



W^ith life full-beaming her vain wiles betray'd. 



Atdiftance draw thy pack, let all be hufh'd. 



No clamour loud, no frantic joy be heard. 



Left the wild hound run gadding o'er the plain 



Untra6lable, nor hear thy chiding voice. 



Now gently put her off; fee how diredt 



To her known mufe fhe flies ! Here, huntfman, bring 



(But without hurry) all thy jolly hounds. 



And calmly lay them in. How low they (loop. 



And feem to plough the ground; then all at once 



With greedy noftrils fnuff the fuming fleam 



That glads their flutt'ring hearts. As winds let loofe 



From the dark caverns of the blufl'ring god. 



They burft away, and fweep the dewy lawn. 



Hope 



