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And ev*ry reedy bankj encourage all 

 The bufy-fpreading pack, that fearlefs plunge 

 Into the flood, and crofs the rapid ftream. 

 Bid rocks, and caves, and each refounding fhore. 

 Proclaim your bold defiances loudly raife 

 Each chearing voice, till diftant hills repeat 

 The triumphs of the vale. On the foft fand 

 See there his feal imprefs'd ! and on that bank 

 Behold the glitt'ring fpoils, half-eaten f^fh. 

 Scales, fins, and bones, the leavings of his feaft. 

 Ah! on that yielding fag-bed, fee, once more 

 His feal I view. O'er yon dank rufhy marfh 

 The fly goofe- footed prowler bends his courfe. 

 And feeks the diftant fliallows. Huntfman, bring 

 Thy eager pack, and trail him to his couch. 

 Hark! the loud peal begins, the clam'rous joy. 

 The gallant chiding, loads the trembling air. 



Ye Naiads fair, who o'er thefe floods prefide, 

 Raife up your dripping heads above the wave. 

 And hear our melody. Th' harmonious notes 

 Float with the ftream; and ev'ry winding creek 

 And hollow rock, that o'er the dimpling flood 

 Nods pendant, ftill improve from fliore to fliore 

 Our fweet reiterated joys. What fliouts ! 

 What clamour loud! What gay, heart-chearing founds 

 Urge thro' the breathing brafs their mazy way ! 

 Not choirs of Tritons glad with fprightlier ftrains 

 The dancing billows, when proud Neptune rides 

 In triumph o'er the deep. How greedily 



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