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131.
So have I seen some fearful Hare maintain
A Course, till tir'd before the Dog she lay:
Who, stretch'd behind her, pants upon the Plain,
Past pow'r to kill as she to get away.
So have I seen some fearful Hare maintain
A Course, till tir'd before the Dog she lay:
Who, stretch'd behind her, pants upon the Plain,
Past pow'r to kill as she to get away.
132.
With his loll'd tongue he faintly licks his Prey,
His warm breath blows her flix up as she lies:
She, trembling, creeps upon the ground away,
And looks back to him with beseeching eyes.
With his loll'd tongue he faintly licks his Prey,
His warm breath blows her flix up as she lies:
She, trembling, creeps upon the ground away,
And looks back to him with beseeching eyes.
133.
The Prince unjustly does his Stars accuse,
Which hinder'd him to push his Fortune on:
For what they to his Courage did refuse,
By mortal Valour never must be done.
The Prince unjustly does his Stars accuse,
Which hinder'd him to push his Fortune on:
For what they to his Courage did refuse,
By mortal Valour never must be done.
134.
This lucky hour the wise Batavian takes,
And warns his tatter'd Fleet to follow home:
Proud to have so got off with equal stakes,
(q) Where 'twas a Triumph not to be o're-come.
This lucky hour the wise Batavian takes,
And warns his tatter'd Fleet to follow home:
Proud to have so got off with equal stakes,
(q) Where 'twas a Triumph not to be o're-come.
135. The
