I 86 love's MEINIE. 



history, have told you — of the horse whose 

 neck is clothed with thunder, or the ox who 

 treadeth out the corn — of Joseph's chariot, or 

 of Elijah's— of Achilles and Xanthus— Her- 

 minius and Black Auster — down to Scott 

 and Brown Adam — or Dandie Dinmont and 

 Dumple. That pastoral one, is, of all, the 

 most enduring. I hear the proudest tribe of 

 Arabia Felix is now reduced by poverty and 

 civilization to sell its last well-bred horse; 

 and that we send out our cavalry regiments 

 to repetitions of the charge at Balaclava, 

 without horses at all ; those that they can 

 pick up wherever they land being good 

 enough for such mihtary operations. But 

 the cart-horse will remain, when the charger 

 and hunter are no more; and with a wiser 

 master. 



" I'll buy him, for the dogs shall never 

 Set tooth upon a friend so true ; 

 He'll not Hve long ; but I for ever 

 Shall know I gave the beast his due. 



Ready as bird to meet the morn 

 Were all his efforts at the plough ; 

 Then the mill-brook— with hay or corn, 

 Good creature ! how he'd spatter through. 



