<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=538463" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>English Grass</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Come, horsemen all, from every field <br>And taste this rare delight, <br>And see what English pastures yield <br>To those whose hearts beat right! <br>Come, haste and quaff the stirrup-cup! <br>Turn down the empty glass! <br>The horn is blown, the hunt is up, <br>And here's our English grass!<br>And here are foxes swift to find <br>And fences strong to break, <br>And here are doubles steep and blind <br>That try the best to take, <br>And dappled hounds to keep in sight <br>And rivals you must pass <br>Before the long December night <br>Enshrouds the English grass! <br>And think it not a lightsome thing <br>Or feat to wake your scorn <br>To follow where the Pytchley swing <br>Or lead them with the Quorn ; <br>For men have hacked the mulga trail <br>And packed the mountain pass, <br>Yet found the boldest heart may fail <br>To ride the English grass.<br>The meadows stretch from stream to stream, <br>Close-bitten, firm, and sound; <br>No stubble stands, no plough man's team<br>Rips up the ravaged ground; <br>But level far as eye can see <br>Like smooth green-tinted glass, <br>A battle-ground for bravery, <br>Is spread the English grass.<br>Though thorns be thick, though binders lace, <br>Though stout be stile and rail, <br>Though nought but blood can live the pace, <br>And nought but pluck prevail, <br>The call's to all, the field is fair <br>To every creed and class; <br>So draw your girths, all ye who dare, <br>And ride the English grass!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Henry+Ogilvie">William Henry Ogilvie</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=538463" data-title="English Grass de William Henry Ogilvie" data-description="Come, horsemen all, from every field And taste this rare delight, And see what English pastures yield To those whose hearts beat right! Come, haste and quaff the stirrup-cup! Turn down the empty glass! The horn is blown, the hunt is up, And..."></div> </div> </div>

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