Page:Departmental Ditties and Ballads and Barrack-Room Ballads, Kipling, 1899.djvu/94

For Lilly—thirteen-two and bay—
Came in a horse-box all the way.

There was a scene—a weep or two—
With many kisses. Austen Jane
Rode Lilly all the season through,
And never opened wires again.
She races now with Belial. This
Is very sad, but so it is.