an Heroick Poem.
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41.
We blush to see our politicks in Beasts,
Who Many sav'd by this one Sacrifice;
And since through blood they follow interests,
Like us when cruel should be counted wise.
We blush to see our politicks in Beasts,
Who Many sav'd by this one Sacrifice;
And since through blood they follow interests,
Like us when cruel should be counted wise.
42.
His Rivals that his fury us'd to fear
For his lov'd Female, now his faintness shun;
But were his season hot, and she but near,
(O mighty Love!) his Hunters were undone.
His Rivals that his fury us'd to fear
For his lov'd Female, now his faintness shun;
But were his season hot, and she but near,
(O mighty Love!) his Hunters were undone.
43.
From thence, well blown, he comes to the Relay;
Where Mans fam'd reason proves but Cowardise,
And onely serves him meanly to betray;
Even for the flying, Man, in ambush lies.
From thence, well blown, he comes to the Relay;
Where Mans fam'd reason proves but Cowardise,
And onely serves him meanly to betray;
Even for the flying, Man, in ambush lies.
44.
But now, as his last remedy to live,
(For ev'ry shift for life kind Nature makes;
Since life the utmost is which she can give)
Cool Adice from the swoln Bank he takes.
But now, as his last remedy to live,
(For ev'ry shift for life kind Nature makes;
Since life the utmost is which she can give)
Cool Adice from the swoln Bank he takes.
45.
But this fresh Bath the Dogs will make him leave;
Whom he sure nos'd as fasting Tygers found;
Their scent no North-east wind could e're deceave
Which dries the air, nor Flocks that foyl the Ground.
But this fresh Bath the Dogs will make him leave;
Whom he sure nos'd as fasting Tygers found;
Their scent no North-east wind could e're deceave
Which dries the air, nor Flocks that foyl the Ground.
46.
Swift here the Flyers and Pursuers seem;
The frighted Fish swim from their Adice,
The Dogs pursue the Deer, he the fleet stream,
And that hastes swiftly to the Adrian Sea.
Swift here the Flyers and Pursuers seem;
The frighted Fish swim from their Adice,
The Dogs pursue the Deer, he the fleet stream,
And that hastes swiftly to the Adrian Sea.
47.
Refresh'd thus in this fleeting Element,
He up the stedfast Shore did boldly rise;
And soon escap'd their view, but not their scent;
That faithfull Guide which even conducts their Eyes.
Refresh'd thus in this fleeting Element,
He up the stedfast Shore did boldly rise;
And soon escap'd their view, but not their scent;
That faithfull Guide which even conducts their Eyes.
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