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THE
CHASE;
A
POEM.

BY
WILLIAM SOMERVILE, ESQ.



LONDON:

PRINTED BY W. BULMER AND CO.

Shakspeare Printing Office,

CLEVELAND-ROW.

1802.

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The following Address was prefixed to the QuartoEdition of the Chase,published in 1796.

TO THE PATRONS OF FINE PRINTING.

When the exertions of an Individual to improve his profession arecrowned with success, it is certainly the highest gratification hisfeelings can experience. The very distinguished approbation thatattended the publication of the ornamented edition of Goldsmith’sTraveller, Deserted Village, and Parnell’s Hermit, which was last yearoffered to the Public as a Specimen of the improved State of Typographyin this Country, demands my warmest acknowledgments; and is no lesssatisfactory to the different Artists who contributed their effortstowards the completion of the work.

The Chase, by Somervile, is now given as a Companion to Goldsmith; andit is almost superfluous to observe, that the subjects which ornamentthe present volume, being entirely composed of Landscape Scenery andAnimals, are adapted, above all others, to display the beauties of WoodEngraving.

Unfortunately for his friends, and the admirers of the art of Engravingon Wood, I have the painful task of announcing the death of my earlyacquaintance and friend, the younger Mr. Bewick. He died at Ovingham, onthe banks of the Tyne, in December last, of a pulmonary complaint.Previously, however, to his departure from London for the place of hisnativity, he had prepared, and indeed finished on wood, the whole of thedesigns, except one, which embellish the Chase; they may thereforeliterally be considered as the last efforts of this ingenious and muchto be lamented Artist.

In executing the Engravings, his Brother, Mr. Thomas Bewick, hasbestowed every possible care; and the beautiful effect produced fromtheir joint labours will, it is presumed, fully meet the approbation ofthe Subscribers.

W. BULMER.

Shakspeare Printing Office,
May 20th, 1796.
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WILLIAM SOMERVILE.

That celebrity has not always been the attendant on merit, manymortifying examples may be produced to prove. Of those who have by theirwritings conferred a lasting obligation on their country, and at thesame time raised its reputation, many have been suffered to descend intothe grave without any memorial; and when the time has arrived, in whichtheir works have raised a curiosity to be informed of the generaltenour, or petty habits of their li

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