Today’s horse poetry is by James Henry Leigh Hunt and I’m not sure when it was published but he lived from 1784-1859.
The Horse Wounded in Battle
O friend of Man! O noble creature,
Patient and brave and mild by nature,
Mild by nature and mute as mild,
Why brings he to these passes wild
Thee, gentle Horse, thou shape of beauty?
Could he not do his dreadful duty
(if duty it be, which seems mad folly),
Nor link thee to his melancholy?
Sniffle…
This poem brings a tear to my eye for this lovely animal who is so brave and true. Be sure to check out more amazing rhymes in the horse poetry section.