If some mad bull approached that way,
Or steam-engine had gone astray;
And stared surprised at me.
I bowed to him, and begged, polite,
His pardon for the sudden fright
Which I, unconscious, gave.
"It was the beauteous scene which made
Me scamper down so wild," I said;
"For which I pardon crave.
For, like yourself, I love the sport,