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The dreadful din ; he fhivers ev'ry limb. 

 He flarts, he bounds ; each bufh prefents a foe. 

 Prefs'd by the frelli relay, ho paufe allow'd, 

 Breathlefs, and faint, he faulters in his pace, 

 And lifts his weary limbs with pain, that fcarcc 

 Suftain their load ; he pants, he fobs appall'd ; 

 Drops down his heavy head to earth, beneath 

 His cunnb'rous beams opprefs'd. But if perchance 

 Some prying eye furprize him ; foon he rears 

 Ere£l his tow'ring front, bounds o'er the lawn 

 With ill-diflembled vigour, to amufe 

 The knowing forefter, who inly fmiles 

 At his weak fhifts and unavailing frauds. 

 So midnight tapers wafte their laft remains. 

 Shine forth a while, and as they blaze expire. 

 From wood to wood redoubling thunders roll, 

 And bellow thro' the vales ; the moving ftorm 

 Thickens amain, and loud triumphant fhouts. 

 And horns fhrill-warbling in each glade, prelude 

 To his approaching fate. And now in view 

 With holbbling gaii^nd high, exerts amaz'd 

 What ftrength is left : to the laft dregs of life 

 Reduc'd, his fpirits fail, on ev'ry fide 

 Hemm'd in, befieg'd ; not the leaft op'ning left 

 To gleaming hope, th' unhappy's laft referve. 

 Where fhall he turn ? Or whither fly ? Defpair 

 Gives courage to the weak. Refolv'd to die. 

 He fears no more, but rufties on his foes. 

 And deals his deaths around \ beneath his htt 



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