HUNTING SONGS 



XIII 



Whether breeches white, or breeches bro.wn, the 



more adhesive be, 

 And which the more effective spur. Champagne or 



Eau-de-vie ? 

 These, alas ! and other problems which their progress 



had reveal'd. 

 Remain unsettled questions for the future hunting 



field. 



XIV 



One lesson learn, young ladies all, who came to see 



the show. 

 Remember, in the race of life, once only to say " No " ; 

 This moral, for your warning, to my ditty I attach, 

 May ye ne'er by two refusals altogether lose a match ! 



1854. 



Tarporley Hunt Song 



THE Eagle won Jupiter's favour. 

 The Sparrow to Venus was dear. 

 The Owl of Minerva, though graver, 



We want not its gravity here ; 

 The Swallow flies fast, but remember 



The Swallow with Summer is gone ; 

 What bird is there left in November 



To rival the Tarporley Swan ? 

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