"A man of kindness, to his beast is kind, But, brutal actions, show a brutal mind, Remember, He who made thee, made the brute, who gave thee speech and reason, formed him mute, He can't complain, but God's omniscient eye, Beholds the cruelty-He hears his cry! He was designed thy servent, not thy drudge, But know this-that his Creator is thy Judge."

Unknown author from the Ladies' Equestian Guide, 1857