[J] Nulla Voluptas longa est. Seneca.
[K] Drs. Goldsmith and Young.
SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
THE SOLDIER TO HIS HORSE.
Allusive to a military order for the destruction of the British cavalry horses, during the late retreat in Spain.
The word is giv'n—my officers command,
Fond partner of my danger and my toil,
That thou should'st die by this now trembling hand,
And prostrate lie upon a foreign soil.
Thy ample back in confidence I've strode,
Depended on thee in the hour of flight,
And oft thy wanton tricks of fondness show'd,
Thy master's prowess was thy chief delight.
Urg'd by my will, amidst the hostile ranks,
Hast thou sustained me, in each desperate fray,
And is it thus, my gratitude and thanks,
Thy nobly daring service shall repay.