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They fnufFthe fifhy fteam, that to each blade 

 Rank-fccnting clings ! See 1 how the morning dews 

 They fweep, that from their feet befprinkling drop 

 Difpers'd, and leave a track oblique behind. 

 Now on firm land they range ; then in the flood 

 They plunge tumultuous i or thro* reedy pools 

 Ruftling they work their way : no holt efcapes 

 Their curious fearch. With quick fenfation now 

 The fuming vapour (lings ; flutter their hearts. 

 And joy redoubled burfts from ev'ry mouth. 

 In louder fymphonies. Yon hollow trunk. 

 That, with its hoary head incurv'd, falutes 

 The paffing wave, mult be the tyrant's fort. 

 And dread abode. How thefe impatient climb, 

 While others at the root incelTant bay : 

 They put him down. See, there he dives along I 

 Th' afcending bubbles mark his gloomy way. 

 Quick fix the nets, and cut ofl his retreat 

 Into the fhelt'ring deeps., Ah, there he vents ! 

 The pack plunge headlong, and protended fpears 

 Menace deflrudion ; while the troubled furge 

 Indignant foams, and all the fcaly kind 

 Affrighted hide their heads. Wild tumult reigns, 

 And loud uproar. Ah, there once more he vents! 

 See, that bold hound has feiz'd him; down they (ink. 

 Together loft ; but foon (hall he repent 

 His rafli affault. See, there efcap'd he flies, 

 Half drown'd, and clambers up the flipp'ry bank 

 With ouze and blood diftain'd. Of all the brutes. 



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