| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Cavalier Tunes. III. Boot and Saddle |
| | | Robert Browning (1812–89) |
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| BOOT, saddle, to horse, and away! | |
| Rescue my castle before the hot day | |
| Brightens to blue from its silvery gray, | |
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Boot, saddle, to horse, and away! | |
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| Ride past the suburbs, asleep as you ’d say; | 5 |
| Many ’s the friend there, will listen and pray | |
| “God’s luck to gallants that strike up the lay— | |
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Boot, saddle, to horse, and away!” | |
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| Forty miles off, like a roebuck at bay, | |
| Flouts Castle Brancepeth the Roundheads’ array: | 10 |
| Who laughs, “Good fellows ere this, by my fay, | |
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Boot, saddle, to horse, and away!” | |
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| Who? My wife Gertrude; that, honest and gay, | |
| Laughs when you talk of surrendering, “Nay! | |
| I ’ve better counsellors; what counsel they? | 15 |
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‘Boot, saddle, to horse, and away!’” | |
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