But now, as at some nobler places,
Among the leaders ’twas decreed
Time to begin the Dicky-Races,
More famed for laughter than for speed.
Richard looked on with wondrous glee,
And praised the lad who chanced to win.
“Kate, wa’n’t I such a one as he?
As like him, ay, as pin to pin?
“Full fifty years have passed away,
Since I rode this same ground about;