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So firm is thy courage that nought can dismay, 

 But sealed is the boar's fate when once brought to 

 bay. 



IV. 



Then carry me swiftly, and, when thou art old, 



I swear not to sell thee for silver or gold ; 



Thou shalt range at thy pleasure the rest of thy days, 



Thou best of all hunters, thou brightest of bays ! 



G. 



Oriental Sporting Magazine,' 

 August, 1831. 



LET OTHERS WASTE. 



T. 



Let others waste their life away 

 In stirring strife or cairn decay ; 

 Let others seek in beauty's eye 

 The pleasing pains of ecstasy, 

 And wile their time from lip to lip, 

 Now here to feast, now there to sip ; 

 Let others by loud, thund'ring war 

 From home and friends and love afar 

 Be led, or by ambition curst, 

 For place, for rank, and riches thirst : 



