Old Roan

Inder tlio roadside cheslnut branches, Where the niidgea dauce aud the wood-bees ae, Switching the flies f rom lii rtanks and haunches, :i-j( -'inirse, Okl Eoan ! Broken und blowo, Woni to the luim: I Turncd out to nibble an ! Btarve alono ! Ten yeara neo he had a m Who : ' ! him well ; Yv. on the i iver and tester Tlian ttioToi jhbred Etoau, whose story I teU ; lint mie daj l.u ïell In Stony-brook dell, Ah, thun hi.s iniister wanted to sell.' 'roud is a Hotspur, proud Xudpe Galvin ire when the roau linped home irom his f all Xi'vir v, nii',1 ha drive i horae with a spain, Nor iel ï.jm etond in tie fiforgan stali ; Be the price gjeat or smull, Nag, spaviu and all, Should yo ut the hlghest bidder's cali! 'ehn, the furious driver, bonght him T mate wil.li a worthless, knock-knfied hack ; And the firat leesoui this new ownertaught liii", Wí'lv the laah, liurd work, and au empty rack ; 'Twas crack ! (Tack ! crack ! Big load, heavy traok, - Twenty miles every day, twenty aud back. Year after year, in all kinds of weather, Pulrmg the red Coach over the road; Jriven at full speed many hours together, Worried and hurried with oath and guad ; If it rsined or snowed, . Heavier the load, And always "G'lang there ! you lazy old toad ! " 'en years of hard fare, foamhi!? and freezing ; Ten years of toil in sun, snow and rain ; 7ind-gaUed, kuce-spruni, lame and whoezing, And the old fellow's free as a colt agaiu : Ye,J'rce, with hia pain Of spa vin and sprain, To piek up a living in Tliistleiurf Lnne ! o 'neath the roadside chestnut branches, Where the midgaa dance and the wood-bees drone, witohing the flies from his flanks and haunches, Stands tlie old sfae-horse, poor Üld lioan ! Brokeii and blown, Worn to the bone, Turued out to nibble and stíyve alone ! Our Young