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heap; whence, on being dislodged, he made his way back 

 to Scraptoft. From there he was hunted at a good pace 

 over the valley to Hungarton and on by Ouenby past 

 Lowesby Hall to the railway, where scent failed. 



Mention of Lowesby Hall reminds one that the late 

 Mr. Bromley Davenport wrote a poem bearing that 

 name, on the lines of Lord Tennyson's "Locksley Hall," 

 of which the jpllowing is a copy. It is believed that 

 " Lowesby Hall" first appeared in 1866 in a book called 

 " Lays of the Belvoir Hunt," a work of which a few 

 copies only were printed, and which is now seldom if ever 

 met with. 



LOWESBY HALL. 



BY W. BROMLEY-DAVENPORT. 



Gilmour, leave me here a little, until John o' Gaunt be drawn, 

 And if you find the raw material, let Jack Morgan blow his horn ; 



'Tis the place, and all about it, as of old the magpies call, 

 Drawing curses from The Lad, and flying over Lowesby Hall. 



Lowesby Hall, that in the distance overlooks those grassy plains, 

 Swamped from Twyford to the Coplow by the everlasting rains. 



Many a morn from yonder spinney, in November drear and chill, 

 Have I seen the wily creature slowly creeping up the hill. 



And at eve I've watched the vapour of my last remaining weed, 

 When my spurs had ceased to animate my apathetic Steed. 



How in search of sport I've wandered, nourishing a verdant youth 

 With the fairy tales of Gallops, ancient runs devoid of truth. 



When I looked into my prospects far as ever I could get, 

 And felt the wild, delirious joy of getting deeply into debt. 



In the Spring the pink no longer clothes the sad Meltonian's breast, 

 In the Spring the stump't-up horses are allowed a little rest. 



In the Spring, too, he must settle for the cursed corn and hay, 

 In the Spring the dire conviction comes upon him he must pay. 



