ON A TAME FOX 



072 a Tufne Fox 



A PARLOUR PET AT DALEFORD, THE RESIDENCE OF THE 

 MASTER OF THE CHESHIRE HOUNDS 



I 



SQUIRE CORBET ! at all seasons 

 A fox is his delight, 

 A wild one for the morning, 

 And a tame one for the night ; 



II 

 For the fox that scours the country 



We a green gorse cover raise. 

 But parlour pug lies warm and snug 



In a cover of green baize. 



in 



Or in his chair reposing. 



Or o'er the saddle bent, 

 Corbet, wide awake or dozing. 



Is never off the scent. 



IV 



He needs no kirtled housemaid, 



The carpet on the stairs 

 Is dusted by the sweeping 



Of the brush that Reynard wears. 



V 



This hunting man's housekeeper. 

 She, without distress of nerves. 



Oft amongst the currant jelly 

 Finds a fox in her preserves. 



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