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As Hound of Hunter, crafty beast and ware, taught cripples to retrieve from brook or tarn, seeing the steely tube upraised in air; cov’ering the well-known quarry, duck or hern; ere heard the crack, uneath the sight to bear he plungeth, certain praise and prize to earn, and swimmeth barking: Thus the Brave made free to seize the Fair—no Phoebus’ sister she!