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Thick with entangling grafs, or prickly furze. 

 With filence lead thy many-colour'd hounds. 

 In all their beauty's pride. See ! how they range 

 Difpers'd, how bufily this way and that 

 They crofs, examining with curious nofe 

 Each likely haunt. Hark ! on the drag I hear 

 Their doubtful notes, preluding to a cry 

 More nobly full, and fwell'd v^ith ev'ry mouth. 

 As ftraggling armies, at the trumpet*s voice, 

 Prefs to their ftandard ; hither all repair. 

 And hurry thro' the woods ; with hafty ftep 

 Ruftling, and full of hope 5 now driv'p on heaps 

 They puih, they ftrive j while from his kennel fneaks 

 The confcious villain. See ! he fkulks along. 

 Sleek at the fhepherd's coft, and plump with meals 

 Purloin'd. So thrive the wicked here below. 

 Tho' high his brufn he bear, tho' tipt with white 

 It gaily Ihine ; yet ere the fun declin'd 

 Recall the (hades of night, the pamper'd rogue 

 Shall rue his fate revers'd ; and at his heels 

 Behold the juft avenger, fwift to feize 

 His forfeit head, and thirfting for his blood. 



Heavens ! what melodious ftrains ! how beat our 

 hearts 

 Big with tumultuous joy ! the loaded gales 

 Breathe harmony •, and as the tempeft drives 

 From wood to wood, thro' ev'ry dark recefs 

 The foreft thunders, and the mountains fhake. 

 Xhe chorus fwells ; lefs various, and lefs fweet 



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