THREE huntsmen forth to the greenwood went; To hunt the white hart was their intent. They laid them under a green fir-tree, And a singular vision befell those three. THE FIRST HUNTSMAN I dreamt I arose and beat on the bush, When forth came rushing the stag—hush, hush! THE SECOND As with baying of hound he came rushing along, I fired my gun at his hide—bing, bang! THE THIRD And when the stag on the ground I saw, I merrily wound my horn—trara! Conversing thus did the huntsmen lie, When lo! the white hart came bounding by; And before the huntsmen had noted him well, He was up and away over mountain and dell!— Hush, hush!—bing, bang!—trara! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNDER THE VIOLETS by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES THE EXEQUY [ON HIS WIFE] by HENRY KING (1592-1669) FONTENOY, 1745: 1. BEFORE THE BATTLE: NIGHT by EMILY LAWLESS A LONDON PLANE-TREE by AMY LEVY GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH ENTERS INTO HEAVEN by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY MY MADONNA by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE |