CHESHIRE JUMPERS 



While shouts of " Bono Johnny ! " to the echoing 



hills were sent. 

 He wink'd his eye, and at it, and right over it he 



went. 



X 



Hold him lightly, Thomas, lightly, give him freedom 



ere he bound. 

 Why shape your course with so much force, to run 



yourself aground ? 

 Thus against a Russian rampart goes a British 



cannon ball : 

 Were Thomas at Sebastopol, how speedily 'twould 



fall! 



XI 



Would you gain that proud pre-eminence on which 



your rival stands. 

 Upraise your voice, uprouse your horse, but slacken 



both your hands ; 

 'Tis vain, 'tis vain, his steed again stands planted in 



the ditch. 

 The game is o'er, he tries no more, who makes a 



second hitch. 



XII 



Thus, unlike the wars of Lancaster and York, in 

 days of yore. 



The Chester strife with Leicester unexpectedly was 

 o'er ; 



We else had learnt which method best insures us 

 from a fall, 



The Chester on-and-ofF step, or the Leicester, clear- 

 ing all ? 



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