...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,...

...a noose. proud] sexually excited, a term frequently used punningly. Cf. Venus and Adonis, 299-300: 'Look what a horse should have he did not lack, / Save a proud rider on so proud a back.' 22. sick man's salve] Thomas Becon's Sycke Mans Salve was a religious tract which went through many...

...she might write this: Round-hoofed, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide, High crest, short ears,...Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide. (lines 295-98) If a hare could write a poem about the misery of being hunted, he might write this:...

...him" (3.7.21-23). A similar association with air marks the temperamentally lively stallion of Adonis: Anon he starts at stirring of a feather; To bid the wind a base he now prepares, And whe'er he run, or fly, they know not whether; For through his mane and tail the high wind sings,...

...and long. Broad breast, full eye, small head and nostril wide, High crest, short ears, straight leg and passing strong. Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock,...hide: Look, what a horse should have he did not lack . . -1 The second extraordinary catalogue is in The Taming of the Shrew. It has been pointed out that...

...color, pace, and bone. Round-hoofed, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, 295 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. 300 301. scuds: runs 303. To bid the wind a base: to challenge the wind 304. whe'er: whether; whether:...

...Rings, The Two Towers .-. 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. — William Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis, lines 259-300 What do we, as a nation, care about books?...

...see." "Okay," I said. "Round-hooft, short-joynted, fetlocks shag and long, Broad brest, full eyes, small head, and nostril wide, High crest, short ears,...Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide." She eyed me with great curiously. "Whose steed was that?" "According to Shakespeare it was Adonis'...

...colour, 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. Sometimes he scuds far off, and there he stares; Anon he starts at stirring of a feather ; To bid the...

...Round hooft, short jointed, fetlocks shag and long Broad breast, full eyes, small head and nostrils wide, High crest, short ears, straight legs and passing...Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide. Vgl. hierzu S. xvii der Einleitung. Oft trit er mit bescheidnem Stolz Und edler Majestät einher, Als...