Germaine, the most gallant, was first at tlie river ; 

 Like a spaniel dashed in — how he made our hearts quiver ! 

 And as Albion, as bold, he gave M ellon a pull, 

 And beat thro' the stream like Europa's famed bull. 



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Jack Musters, delighted at this bright example, 

 Close on the dun's heels in the water did trample. 

 He held by the tail, and got safe to the bank, 

 Though the water ran over the grey horse's flank. 



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Cox stood on the brink, and would fain have gone arter, 

 But the hydrophobia made him turn at the water; 

 So he scrambled away as fast as he could, 

 And got up with the hounds at Enderby Wood. 



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"We have not much to say of Morpath and Shelley, 

 They at Skeffington stopped, I suppose, for a jelly. 

 It is true they ride hard, and are said to be keen, 

 But yet in this run they never were seen. 



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"What came of Bob Grosvenor no poet can tell ; 

 Not long with the pack did the gay bishop dwell ; 

 He met brother South, and 'twas said by the people, 

 That the parsons were perched up on Skefiington steeple. 



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There they sat quite contented, like parson and clerk, 

 And talked over things until very near dark. 

 Till the bishop began to take fright at the weather. 

 And their nags being fresh they reached Melton together. 



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