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Show me your horse and I will tell you what you are.
Show me your horse and I will tell you what you are.
Villain, a horse--Villain, I say, give me a horse to fly,
To swim the river, villain, and to fly.
Villain, a horse--Villain, I say, give me a horse to fly,
To swim the river, villain, and to fly.
The wildest colts only make the best horses.
The wildest colts only make the best horses.
And the hood of the horses shakes the crumbling field as they
run.
[Lat., Quadrupedumque putrem cursu quatit read more
And the hood of the horses shakes the crumbling field as they
run.
[Lat., Quadrupedumque putrem cursu quatit ungula campum.]
A good horse should be seldom spurred
A good horse should be seldom spurred
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 are predictably unpredictable
Horses are predictably unpredictable
Horses make a landscape look beautiful
Horses make a landscape look beautiful
Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs
Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents
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Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs
Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents
The armorers accomplishing the knights,
With busy hammers closing rivets up,
Give dreadful note of preparation.