XVI.

From lordly Twizel’s wide domain,

An opener country now they gain;

No longer dells obstruct the sight:

The fields were large, the soil was light;

The eager hounds increase their pace;

The gallop now becomes a race:

But vain it were for horse to try

To race with one that seemed to fly:

And oft the Goblin looked in rear

As if he sought great D-- --h’s Peer:

For be it known, and it is true,

The Goblin honoured bold B-- --h;

And had he come t’enjoy the chace,

The Goblin sure had slacked his pace;

For, Goblin as he was, he knew

Respect to rank is always due.

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