Hunting Songs by R. E. Egerton-Warburton |
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A Remonstrance on Lord Stanley's Suggestion that the Session of Parliament should be held during the Winter Months.
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A Remonstrance on Lord Stanley's Suggestion that the Session of Parliament should be held during the Winter Months.
Joy! when November bids our sport begin,When ringing echoes through the vale resound,
When light of heart we to the saddle bound,
And health and pleasure from the pastime win.
These must I barter for the Senate's din?
Forego the music of the tuneful hound
For midnight rant in adverse clamour drown'd?
Lay by the whip to be myself whipp'd in?
Debaters! listen, while the Chace propounds
Her precepts—words too many work delay;
Your babblers draft, as we our tonguey hounds;
Rate without mercy those who riot run;
Let those speak only who have aught to say,
Speak to the point, and stop when they have done.
1855.
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