536 MODERN FARRIER. 



True courage never fails. In vain the stream 

 • In foaming eddies whirls, in vain the ditch 



Wide-gaping threatens death. The craggy steep. 

 Where the poor dizzy shepherd crawls with care. 

 And clings to every twig, gives us no pain ; 

 But down we sweep, as stoops the falcon bold 

 To pounce his pi-ey. Then up th' opponent hill. 

 By the swift motion slung, we mount aloft: 

 So ships in winter seas now sliding sink 

 Adown the steepy wave, then toss'd on high 

 Ride on the billows, and defy the storm." 



SomervUle. 



It was then the fox 1 saw as we came down the 

 hill ; — Those crows directed me M'hich Avay to look, 

 and the sheep ran from him, as he past along. The 

 hounds are now on the very spot, yet the sheep stop 

 them not, for they dash beyond them. Now see 

 with what eagerness they cross the plain. — Galloper 

 no longer keeps his place, Urusher takes it; see how 

 he flings for the scent, and how impetuously he 

 runs! — How eagerly he took the lead, and how he 

 strives to keep it ; yet Victor comes up apace. — He 

 reaches him ! — See what an excellent race it is be- 

 tvv^een them ! — It is doubtful which will reach the 

 cover first. — How equally they run ; — how eagerly 



they strain; — now Victor — Victor ! Ah ! Brusher, 



you are beat ; Victor first tops the hedge. — See 

 there ! see how they all take it in their strokes ! the 

 hedge cracks with their weight, so many jump at 



once. 



' Now hastes the v^ hipper-iii to the other side the 

 cover ; he is right, unless he heads the fox. 



" Heavens ! w hat meh dious strains ! how beat our hearts 

 Big with tumultuous joy ! tlie loaded gales 

 Breathe harmony ; and as the tempest drives 

 From wood to wood, thro' every dark recess 

 The forest thunders, and the mountains shake. 



Sumerville. , 



Listen ! — the hounds have turned. They are now 

 in two parts : The fox has been headed back, and 

 we have changed at last. 



