Citations:bay

English citations of bay

(A horse of that color):

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• 1685, Matthew Prior, “A Satyr on the modern Translators”, in H. Bunker Wright, Monroe K. Spears, editors, The Literary Works of Matthew Prior, Second edition, volume I, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1971, page 22:

  Each little Wit to your Tribunal came
  To hear their doom, and to secure their Fame:
  But for Respect you servilely sought Praise,
  Slighted the Umpire’s Palm to court the Poet’s Bayes;

• 1850, Gwine to Run All Night (Camptown Races), Stephen Foster

  I’ll bet my money on de bob-tail nag,

  Somebody bet on de bay.

• 1858, The Deacon’s Masterpiece, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

  Here comes the wonderful one-horse shay,

  Drawn by a rat-tailed, ewe-necked bay.