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Ten brace, and more, of greyhounds, snowy fair,
And tall as stags, ran loose, and coursed around his chair,
A match for pards in flight, in grappling for the bear.
With golden muzzles all their mouths were bound,
And collars of the same their necks surround.

— John Dryden Palamon and Arcite (1700)

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Source: Palamon and Arcite (1700), translating Chaucer's Knight's Tale
Work: Palamon and Arcite, 1700
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