The MAN and his HORSE. Anne Finch (née Kingsmill), countess of Winchilsea Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T94539 pp. 274-5 K076314.000 Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of, 1661-1720. Miscellany poems, on several occasions: Written by the Right Honble Anne, Countess of Winchilsea. London printed for J. B. and sold by Benj. Tooke, William Taylor, and James Round 1713 pp. 257-259. [8],390p. ; 8⁰.

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The MAN and his HORSE . WIthin a Meadow , on the way , A fordid Churl resolv'd to stay , And give his Horse a Bite ; Purloining so his Neighbours Hay , That at the Inn he might not pay For Forage all the Night . With Heart's content th' unloaded Steed Began to neigh , and frisk , and feed ; For nothing more he car'd , Since none of all his Master's breed E'er sound such Pasture , at their need , Or half so well had far'd . When , in the turning of a Hand , Out comes the Owner of the Land , And do's the Trespass eye ; Which puts poor Bayard to a Stand , For now his Master do's command Him to return and fly . But Hunger quick'ning up his Wit , And Grass being sweeter than the Bit , He to the Clown reply'd : Shall I for you this Dinner quit , Who to my Back hard Burdens sit , And to the Death wou'd ride ? No ; shou'd I as a Stray be found , And seiz'd upon forbidden Ground , I'll on this Spot stand still ; For tho' new Riders shou'd abound , ( Or did Mankind this Field surround ) They cou'd but use me ill . Urge no Man to despair ; lest in the Fit He with some Counterblow thy Head may hit .