ARGUMENT. Tenderness to Cattle. Frozen Turnips. The Cow-yard. Night. The Farm-house. Fire-side. Farmer's Advice and Instruction. Nightly Cares of the Stable. Dobbin. The Post-horse. Sheep-stealing Dogs. Walks occasioned thereby. The Ghost, Lamb time. Returning Spring. Conclusion. WITH kindred pleasures mov'd, and cares opprest, Sharing alike our weariness and rest; Who lives the daily partner of our hours, Through every change of heat, and frost, and show'rs; Partakes our cheerful meals, partaking first In mutual labour and fatigue and thirst; The kindly intercourse will ever prove A bond of amity and social love. Benevolence springing from mutual sufferings and pleasure. v. 9. To more than man this generous warmth extends, And oft the team and shivʼring herd befriends ; And Pity executes what Reason wills : v. 27. Ice broken and Snow cleared for the Cattle. On GILES, and such as Giles, the labour falls, In beaded rows if drops now deck the spray, And stiffen'd into gems the drops are seen; |