"Blasts" from The Ram's Horn (1902) (14598221778)

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Title: "Blasts" from The Ram's Horn

Year: 1902 (1900s)

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Subjects: Poetry

Publisher: Chicago, The Ram's Horn Co.

Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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Blasts From The Rams Horn.A BIT OF HORSE SENSE. By I. Edgar Jones. AM a horse, an honest horse, a beast of right good will,And yet our race from heartless men has treatment harshly ill;They keep us tied in stables dim excluding sky and sun,They work us far beyond our strength, then, when long days are gone-Leave us to shiver, sad and sore, in most neglected way—Is this considerate or right ? To this we say, Neigh, neigh! You ask if it be right to overtax and strain our powers,To hitch us to a post and leave us standing there for hours,To rush us at our utmost speed till tired and over-warm,Then leave us neath a blanket thin, out in the freezing storm?Our legs and vital parts exposed—though sensitive as they ?To this with one accord we cry, with emphasis, Neigh, neigh! Would lordly man like to be scraped with curry combs and such, To have the clippers leave him nude for winters icy touch, Or stand in filthy stalls until he felt that he must drop With no place there to fall but in t

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