"Then every nose was busily employed, And every nostril was set open wide, And every head did seek a several way To find the grass or track where the scent lay. For witty industry is never slack; ’Tis like to witchcraft, and brings lost things back."
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The Duchess of Newcastle, "The Hunting of the Hare", in Poems and Fancies (1653)
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