Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE DREAM HUNT, by FORD MADOX FORD


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THE DREAM HUNT, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My lady rides a-hunting
Last Line: My heart and makes away.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox
Subject(s): Hunting; Love - Complaints; Man-woman Relationships; Hunters; Male-female Relations


MY Lady rides a-hunting
Upon a dapple grey:
Six trumpeters they ride behind,
Six prickers clear the way.

And when she climbs the hillsides
The Hunt cries: "Ho! la! Lo!"
And when she trails along the dales
The merry horns do blow.

And so in summer weather,
Before the heat of day,
My darling takes all eyes and breaks
My heart and makes away.





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