ORIGINAL POETRY. WATLINGTON HILL; A POEM, BY MARY RUSSELL MITFORD. "Rememberest thou my greyhounds true?"-SCOTT. To James Webb, Esq. and William Hayward, Esq. this Poem, written chiefly for their amusement, is inscribed by the Author. I. "Tis pleasant to dance in lordly hall And the song so sweet makes the light heart sad; And autumn tells of joys that fly; II. The mountain gale the vapour flings Sportsmen and steeds, and hounds and hare, III. Greyhounds were there of noble name; O could my rustic string Their beauty and their feats proclaim, Then should the swan-neck'd Nancy show Then should the Sharks successive reign, * Celebrated greyhounds belonging to Messrs. Newell, Hay. ward, Webb, Hunt, and Mitford. Marmion is the son of Dr. Mitford's Maria, who won the Ilsley cup for 1808. Mr. Hayward's famous Shark was the sire of Lord Rivers's Remark, and the grandsire of Maria, and of Rose-bud, who won the cup, last season, at Swaffham. |