XXXIII.

And now in this new field, with some applause, He cleared hedge, ditch, and double post, and rail, And never _craned_[711] and made but few _"faux pas,"_ And only fretted when the scent 'gan fail. He broke, 't is true, some statutes of the laws Of hunting--for the sagest youth is frail; Rode o'er the hounds, it may be, now and then, And once o'er several Country Gentlemen.