HUNTING SONGS 



X 



Too weak for the open, too hot for the drain, 

 He cross'd and recross'd Ran'moor covers in vain ; 

 When he reach'd the Bull's wood, he lay down in 



despair, 

 And we hollo'd who-whoop, as they worried him 



there. 



XI 



Puss in boots is a fable to children well known. 

 The Dog in a doublet at Sandon is shown. 

 Henceforth when a landlord good liquor can boast, 

 Let the Fox and the Breeches be hung on his post. 



XII 



From Vulpicide villains our foxes secure. 

 May these evergreen Breeches till doomsday endure ! 

 Go ! all ye good squires, if my ditty should please. 

 Go clothe your bare acres in Breeches like these. 

 1841. 



Inscription on the Handle of a Fox s Brushy mounted 

 and presented by the Author to Wilbraham Tolle- 

 mache, Esq., Feb. 20, 184 1 



WE found our fox at Brindley ; thrice that week 

 The gorse was drawn, and thrice with like 

 success. 

 For nigh two hours, o'er many a mile of grass, 

 We chas'd him thence to Dorfold, where he died. 

 Tollemache ! in admiration of thy skill'd 

 And gallant riding to the pack that day. 

 To thee I yield the Brush, esteem not thou 

 The trophy less thus profFer'd by a friend. 



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