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Streaming meteorous. The foldiers Ihouts, 

 And all the brazen inftruments of war. 

 With mutual clamour, and united din, 

 Fill the large concave ; while from camp to camp 

 They catch the varied founds, floating in air. 

 Round all the wide circumference, tygers fell 

 Shrink at the noife, deep in his gloomy den 

 The lion ftarts, and morfels yet unchew'd 

 Drop from his trembling jaws. Now all at once 

 Onward they march embattled, to the found 

 Of martial harmony ; fifes, cornets, drums. 

 That roufe the fleepy foul to arms, and bold 

 Heroic deeds. In parties here and there 

 Detach 'd o'er hill and dale, the hunters range 

 Inquifitive ; flrong dogs that match in fight 

 The boldeft brute, around their maflers wait, 

 A faithful guard. No haunt unfearch'd, they drive 

 From ev'ry covert, and from ev'ry den, 

 The lurking favages. Inceffant (houts 

 Re-echo thro* the woods, and kindling fires 

 Gleam from the mountain tops -, the foreft feems 

 One mingling blaze : like flocks of Iheep they fly 

 Before the flaming brand : fierce lions, pards. 

 Boars, tygers, bears, and wolves ; a dreadful crew 

 Of grim, blood-thirfly foes : growling along, 

 They flalk indignant ; but fierce vengeance flill 

 Hangs pealing on their rear, and pointed fpears 

 Prefert immediate death. Soon as the night 

 Wrapt in her fable veil forbids the chace. 



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