To Florinda

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"I never reared a young Gazelle"

Tell me not, Sheep, I am unkind,
    That, from Montgomery
And thee, Chaste Beast---to try a Hind
    With Wellingtons I fly.

True, a new mistress now I chase,
    The first Doe in the Field;
Or with a stronger faith embrace
    A Sow, a Horse, a Seal.

Yet this in Scotland, see, is such
    As thou to me before:

Comments

[hatmandu]

Representational horse.

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You'll notice that Lovelace does indeed embrace a horse; no parody needed there.