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" Now far behind 

 The hunter crew, wide straggling o'er the plain ; 

 The panting courser now with trembling nerves 

 Begins to reel. 



Now to Ratlimore-hill, by the Castle ; here 

 there was a disposition to stop the hounds, 

 when Tony swore 'His Majesty's guards 

 could not stop them !' 



" And leaves the lagging multitude behind. 



From Rathmore he inclined towards Golden 

 Grove ; then changing his route, he made 

 for Knock, over a continuation of the most 

 beautiful country, by the Leap Castle, 

 through Ballybut, when, the hounds being 

 very near him, he crossed the Roscrea road, 

 and made directly for the mountains, leaving 

 Summer Hill to the right, — 



" And o'er the plain, and o'er the mountain's edge, 

 Away he flies ; nor ships with wind and tide, 

 And all their canvas wings, went half so fast. 



Now to Cashrow Glen, where taking leave 

 of the lowland country, he made for the 

 Gap of Glandine, where the hounds were 



