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Next moment " away," Warwick still at his brush, 



For 'twas Warwick was heard as the hound in the bush. 



How soon we reached Clifden ! the railway alone 



Would convince in these days that the thing e'er was done. 



From Clifden to Bishopslough, thence to Kilfane, 



But, well stopped out there, he next made for Grenane, 



Though he neared Thomastown, he changed his old route, 



Ran towards Coppenagh hills to baffle pursuit ; 



But, pressed hard by the ever true pack, this good fox 



Wheeled short round to Dangan and earthed 'neath the 



rocks. 



The field was select, but, with skill and with speed, 

 Sir John 9 was the first with the hounds in their need. 

 The picture so gorgeous, from Dangan's full height, 

 Had wrapped me in wonder, amaze, and delight. 

 Then the gallant Sir John cried out, t: Yonder : s Brown's 



barn ;" 

 And so finis I put at the end of my yarn. 



(2) The Kilkenny Hunt in 1845, written by 

 R. Frankland, Es</. 



Kilkenny ! Kilkenny's the land of the chase, 



Where men, hounds, and horses all go the best pace ; 



The season is o'er, but we must not forget 



The good sport we have had, the good fellows we've met. 



How oft have we stood by the wild bit of gorse, 

 Expectation alive in each man and each horse 

 They've found, they're hard at him, he cannot delay ! 

 Johnny 1 doubles his horn, tJicv re titcav, they're awav ! ! 



'' Mr. Power had not then been created a baronet, but the writer 

 had probably forgotten this fact when he wrote the lines. 



1 Sir John Power, second baronet, the Master, hunted the hounds 

 himself. 



