THE SHEPHERD'S AADIEU TO HIS BROKEN-DOWN WEED.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 11, Issue 860, 23 July 1867, Page 3

THE SHEPHERD'S AADIEU TO HIS BROKEN-DOWN WEED.

(A. IOSKS VTAT) ASTES. ,- J'-;i'^;:-. : -y. The Hon, Mrs. Norton's "Arab's farewell to hfe': v favourite steed." . ; " > ;, v ?- { My broken-kneed! my broken-kneed! ;T ; ; That trembleskweakly by, "With groggy legs, and, drooping neck, - -. v ,.- ; And dulland wat'ry eye. . ■ ■.■ '■■"-.' Fret not to roam thy ti-ftree flat, Thou hollow, half-starved weed; I ne'er shall wallop thee again, . Thou'rt sold, my Maori steed. ; ; Paw not with that unshodden hoof» ' To hint thoii hast not dined ; The times are few and far between' - That oats thy ribs have lined. The stranger hath thy tether rope, Arid "utu" full hath dropped; ■■ -. Sore-backed and broken-kneed, fare thee well ! : Thou'rt swopped, my steed, thou'rt swopped.. - ' 'Tia never more my fate to mount -,-.•: And muster sheep on tbee,' , , Or refuge take in squalid pahs. When thou'st caved in with me. Night often saufc upon the earth, On gully, hill and plain, . ' . And left me dragging, wearily, ' Thy carcass home again; , .; . A worse paced horse can hardly be, ; lueverrodea"wnss'un;" ' . I'd sooner walk a hundred miles ■ ' ". Than ride thee half-a-dozen. , . . . . When tired, apretty trick thpuirast ■- -■■•.;' : ' ~ Of calmly lying dowfls : '- •' '*' J Oft in rivers naifr thou done this, And left raid thereto drown.' * '•: „ Now, by the slush Janip's fitful light, • • Or by the bright wood fire, I'll smoke my pipe, delighted that ' -For thee I'vo found a buyer.Ah ! ah ! I guaranteed thee "hard/ Hard as "bricks or nails 5", : ' ' ' And so thqtu should'sfc be, for thy food ; Was often "posts and rails." ..'.-. . ■-■'. Who says thou art.not sound P for him' Here's consolation's crumbs ■',-■-.. '=„;■ If he tap thy ribs, he'll find thee sound, . Ay ! sound like any drum. • ' , Bide thee again I 'tis sad to think - ; I ever thy back bestrode; , "' However, if Ido it again, - ' :■' Simply, may Ibo bio wed. , : July 16, 1887. . ■" , DsotDlCK. .