With side-bars never a brute can baffle;

Or a lock that's a puzzle of wards within wards;

Or, if your colt's forefoot inclines to curve inwards,

Horseshoes they hammer which turn on a swivel

And won't allow the hoof to shrivel.

Then they cast bells like the shell of the winkle

That keep a stout heart in the ram with their tinkle;

But the sand—they pinch and pound it like otters;

Commend me to Gypsy glass-makers and potters!

Glasses they'll blow you, crystal-clear,