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Round-hoofed, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long,
Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide,
High crest, read more
Round-hoofed, 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.
Horses make a landscape look beautiful
Horses make a landscape look beautiful
A good horse should be seldom spurred
A good horse should be seldom spurred
The king is come. Deal mildly with his youth;
For young hot colts, being raged, do rage the more.
The king is come. Deal mildly with his youth;
For young hot colts, being raged, do rage the more.
An two men ride of a horse, one must ride behind.
An two men ride of a horse, one must ride behind.
Show me your horse and I will tell you what you are.
Show me your horse and I will tell you what you are.
A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!
A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!
Riding turns 'I wish' into 'I can'.
Riding turns 'I wish' into 'I can'.
His neck is high and erect, his head replete with intelligence,
his belly short, his back full, and his read more
His neck is high and erect, his head replete with intelligence,
his belly short, his back full, and his proud chest swells with
hard muscles.
[Lat., Ardua cervix,
Argumtumque caput, brevis alvos, obessaque terga,
Luxuriatque toris animosum pectus.]
