Dog's Mouth, and open it by main Force. This 

 is the only Way to part them. 



Coursing the Hare -^ x: ^> *o *^> 



(From On a Country Life) 



A T other times you may pursue the chase, 

 -^*- And hunt the nimble hare from place to 



place. 

 See, when the dog is just upon the grip, 

 Out at a side she'll make a handsome skip 

 And ere he can divert his furious course, 

 She, far before him, scours with all her force : 

 She'll shift, and many times run the same ground ; 

 At last, outwearied by the stronger hound, 

 She falls a sacrifice unto his hate, 

 And with sad piteous screams laments her fate. 



James Thomson. 



On a Dog ^> ^> <^> *^> *o 



/^~~*ALM though not mean, courageous without 



rage, 

 Serious not dull, and without thinking sage ; 

 Pleas'd at the lot that Nature has assign'd, 

 Snarl as I list, and freely bark my mind ; 



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