The wrath which first I felt when thou brok'st down

Is past—it never will again return.

I came to take my last fond leave of thee,

For I shall ne'er run mare or horse again.

O silky mane, with which I used to play

At Hampton! O most perfect equine form,

And points the like of which no mare yet had

Till thou was't bred! O fetlocks, neater far

Than many a woman's ankles! O grand hocks

That faltered feebly on that fatal day!"