Lord Epsom

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Title:     Lord Epsom
Author: Hilaire Belloc [More Titles by Belloc]

[Percy, first Earl of Epsom, in the County of Surrey]

A Horse, Lord Epsom did bestride
With mastery and quiet pride.
He dug his spurs into its hide.

The Horse, discerning it was pricked,
Incontinently bucked and kicked,
A thing that no one could predict!

Lord Epsom clearly understood
The High-bred creature's nervous mood,
As only such a horseman could.
Dismounting, he was heard to say
That it was kinder to delay
His pleasure to a future day

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He had the Hunter led away.

[The end]
Hilaire Belloc's poem: Lord Epsom

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