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THE

HIND

AND THE

PANTHER.


The Second Part.


Dame, said the Panther, times are mended well
Since late among the Philistines you fell;
The Toils were pitch'd, a spacious tract of ground
With expert Huntsmen was encompas'd round;
Th' Enclosure narrow'd; the sagacious pow'r
Of Hounds, and Death drew nearer eve'ry Hour.

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