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The woods, where nature hung her lute 

 To teach sweet birds her tone, 



Are hush'd ; the sylvan groves are mute ; 

 The hills are pensive grown ; 



The dancing ripples of the lake 



Are changed to sullen waves ; 

 The solitary water-crake 



Its cheerless bosom laves. 



But joy awakes the sluggish morn. 



The mists now melt away ; 

 The huntsman blithely winds his horn, 



The willing hounds obey. 



Sir Harry 's (i) forward in the field, 

 Greene,(2) Gardner,(3) sportsmen true ! 



And more to whom bright fame must yield 

 The praises justly due. 



Lord Wilton,(4) Stanley,(5) Errington,(6) 

 Seem scarce to touch the rein, 



As gallantly they rush along 

 O'er hill and grassy plain. 



1. Sir Harry Goodricke, died 1833. 



2. Mr. Greene, of Eolleston, afterwards Master of the Quom Hotinds 

 from i84i to 1S47. 



3. Lord Gardner, died 1883. 



4. Lord Wilton, died 1884. 



5. Mr. Massey Stanley, Mr. Errington's brother. 



6. Mr. Errington, afterwards Master of the Quom Hounds from 1835 

 to 1838. 



