Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by ANNE BRONTE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We know where deepest lies the snow Last Line: Than be the hunter's hound. Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Acton Subject(s): Hunting; Nature; Hunters | ||||||||
We know where deepest lies the snow, And where the frost-winds keenest blow, O'er every mountain's brow; We long have known and learnt to bear The wandering outlaw's toil and care, But where we late were hunted, there Our foes are hunted now. We have their princely homes, and they To our wild haunts are chased away, Dark woods, and desert caves. And we can range from hill to hill, And chase our vanquished victors still; Small respite will they find until They slumber in their graves. But I would rather be the hare, That crouching in its sheltered lair Must start at every sound; That forced from cornfields waving wide Is driven to seek the bare hillside, Or in the tangled copse to hide, Than be the hunter's hound. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LAMENT OF QUARRY by LEONIE ADAMS KILLDEER by KENNETH SLADE ALLING THE YOUNG FOWLER THAT MISTOOK HIS GAME by PHILIP AYRES |
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