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Grins as he grins, fierce-menacing, and wide 

 Diftends his op'ning paws ; himfelf againfl 

 Himfelf oppos'd, and with dread vengeance arm'd. 

 The huntfman now, fecure, with fatal aim 

 Direds the pointed fpear, by which transfix'd 

 He dies, and with him dies the rival fliade. 

 Thus man innum'rous engines forms, t'affail 

 The favage kind : but moft the docile horfe. 

 Swift, and confederate with man, annoys 

 His brethren of the plains ; without whofe aid 

 The hunters arts were vain, unfkill'dto wage 

 With the more adive brutes an equal war : 

 But, borne by him, without the well-train*d pack, 

 Man dares his foe, on wings of winds fecure. 



Hirn the fierce Arab mounts, and with his troop 

 Of bold compeers ranges the defer ts wild : 

 "Where, by the magnet's aid, the traveller 

 Steers his untrodden courfe, yet oft on land 

 Is wreck'd, in the high-rolling waves of fand 

 Immers'd and loft ; while thefe intrepid bands, 

 Safe in their horfes fpeed, out- fly the ftorm. 

 And fcouring round make men and beafts their prey» 

 The grifly boar is fingled from his herd, 

 As large as that in Erimanthian woods, 

 A match for Hercules. Round him they fly 

 In circles wide; and each in pafling fends 

 His feather'd death into his brawny fides. 

 But perilous ih' attempt. For if the fteed 

 Haply too near approach, or the loofe earth 



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