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I never nurs'd a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well And love me, it was sure to die.— MOORE — The Fire Worshippers.

Horse. Then I cast loose my buff coat, each halter let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all, Stood up in the stirrup, leaned, patted his ear, Called my Roland his pet name, my horse without peer; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise bad or good, 'Til at lengt into Aix Roland galloped and stood.— ROBERT BROWNING — How they Brought

the News from Ghent, Gamaun is a dainty steed, Strong, black, and of a noble breed, Full of fire, and full of bone, With all his line of fathers known; Fine his nose, his nostrils thin, But blown abroad by the pride within. His mane is like a river flowing, And his eyes like embers glowing In the darkness of the night, And his pace as swift as light. BARRY CORNWALL The Blood Horse. All the ten-to-oners were in the rear, and a dark horse, which had never been thought of, and which the careless St. James had never even observed in the list, rushed past the grand stand in sweeping triumph. BENJ. DISRAELI (Earl Beaconsfield)- The Young Duke. Bk. II. Ch. V. The courser paw'd the ground with restless feet, And snorting foam'd, and champ'd the golden bit.— DRYDEN — Palamon and Arcite. Pt. III. L. 1733.

Morgan!-She ain't nothing else, and I've got the papers to prove it. Sired by Chippewa Chief, and twelve hundred dollars won't buy her. Briggs of Turlumne owned her. Did you know Briggs of Turlumne?- Busted hisself in White Pine and blew out his brains down in Frisco?— BRET HARTE — Chiquita.

I saw them go; one horse was blind, The tails of both hung down behind, Their shoes were on their feet. Horace and James Smith's Rejected Addresses. The Baby's Début Villain, a horse-Villain, I say, give me a horse to fly, To swim the river, villain, and to fly.— GEORGE PEELE — Battle of Alcazar. Act V. L. 104.

A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!— Shakespeare — Richard III. Act V. Sc. 4. L. 7.

Give me another horse: bind up my wounds.— Shakespeare — Richard III. Act V. Sc. 3. L. 177.

C. Round-hoof'd, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head and nostril wide, High crest, short ears, straight legs and passing strong, Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide: Look, what a horse should have he did not lack, Save a proud rider on so proud a back. Venus and Adonis. L. 295. Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs, Piercing the night's dull ear.— Shakespeare — Henry V. Chorus to Act IV. L. 10.

Jackal. The jackal's troop, in gather'd cry, Bay'd from afar complainingly, With a mix'd and mournful sound, Like crying babe, and beaten hound.— BYRON — Siege of Corinth. Pt. XXXIII,

Lion. They rejoice Each with their kind, lion with lioness, So fitly them in pairs thou hast combined.— MILTON — Paradise Lost. Bk. VII. L. 392.

Wouldst thou view the lion's den? Search afar from haunts of men,- Where the reed-encircled rill, Oozes from the rocky hill, By its verdure far descried 'Mid the desert brown and wide.— THOS. PRINGLE — The Lion and Giraffe.

Rouse the lion from his lair.— SCOTT — The Talisman. Heading of Ch. VI.

The man that once did sell the lion's skin While the beast lived, was killed with hunting him.— Shakespeare — Henry V. Act IV. Sc. 3. L. 93.

Mouse. I holde a mouses herte nat worth a leek. That hath but oon hole for to sterte to.— CHAUCER — Preamble of The Wyves Tale of Bath. L. 572.