And in the main his tail was white and flowing;

And though he never sketched a single draught,

He showed great taste for drawing.

Lithe were his limbs, and clean,

Fitted alike for buggy or for dray,

And like Napoleon the Great, I ween,

He had a martial neigh.

Oft have I watched him grace

His favorite stall, well littered, warm, and fair,

With such contentment shining from his face,