...colour, pace and bone. Round-hoofed, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide, High crest, short ears,...did not lack, Save a proud rider on so proud a back. Sometimes he scuds far off, and there he stares; Anon he starts at stirring of a feather. To bid the...

...colour, pace, and bone. Round-hooft, short-jointed, fedocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide, High crest, short ears,...a feather; To bid the wind a base he now prepares, And whe'r he run or Qy they know not whether; For through his mane and tail the high wind sings, Fanning...

...carefully delineated: Round-hoof 'd, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide, High crest, short ears,...did not lack, Save a proud rider on so proud a back. (295-300) Dowden, in his famous comment on this passage, spoke truer than he knew when he asked with...

...Adonis, Preface, 295): Round-hoofd, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head and nostril wide, High crest, short ears,...did not lack, Save a proud rider on so proud a back. Small wonder that such a majestic animal was .considered fit offering to the gods to invoke a blessing....

...the "perfect" horse: "Round-hoof d, short jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide, High crest, short ears,...did not lack, Save a proud rider on so proud a back. " Venus and Adonis Good leg Over at knee Back at knee and its surroundings? Any biting, kicking, shying?...

...color, pace, and bone. Round-hoof'd, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide, High crest, short ears,...did not lack, Save a proud rider on so proud a back. 28 Le voici qui trotte : il compte ses pas, Noble majesté, orgueil retenu ; II saute et bondit, se...

...Round-hoofed, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head and nostril wide, 297 High crest, short ears, straight legs and passing...hide; Look what a horse should have he did not lack, 300 Save a proud rider on so proud a back. 301 Sometime he scuds far off, and there he stares; Anon...

...changing to white over the first five years. Reference Guide Round-hoof d, short-jointed. . . . full eye, small head, and nostril wide. High crest, short ears,...did not lack Save a proud rider on so proud a back. from Venus and Adonis by Shakespeare ...she stood like a statue, watching, her head very high, cleancut...

...colour, pace, and bone. Round-hoofed, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide, High crest, short ears,...on so proud a back. Sometime he scuds far off, and then he stares; Anon he starts at stirring of a feather; To bid the wind a base he now prepares, 3oi...

...In our Penus arid Adonis description we have a fine example of a horse-bird comparison: Sometime be scuds far off and there he stares; Anon he starts...a feather; To bid the wind a base he now prepares, And whether he run or fly they know not whether; For through his mane and tail the high wind sings,...