[ Tennyson / "Aylmer's Field" ]
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892) was one of the most popular and influential poets of the mid-Victorian period, serving as Poet Laureate of Britain under Queen Victoria for 42 years.
About a quarter of the way into this long poem are the following lines:
"He ...
Would care no more for Leolin’s walking with her
Than for his old Newfoundland’s, when they ran
To loose him at the stables, for he rose
Twofooted at the limit of his chain,
Roaring to make a third"