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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HUNT IS UP!, by ? GRAY
First Line: The hunt is up, the hunt is up
Last Line: To bring his deer to bay.
Subject(s): Hunting; Hunters
First Line: The hunt is up, the hunt is up
Last Line: To bring his deer to bay.
Subject(s): Hunting; Hunters
THE hunt is up, the hunt is up
And it is well nigh day;
And Harry, our King, is gone hunting
To bring his deer to bay.
The East is bright with morning light,
And darkness it is fled:
The merry horn wakes up the morn
To leave his idle bed.
Behold the skies with golden dyes
Are glowing all around;
The grass is green, and so are the treen,
All laughing at the sound.
The horses snort to see the sport
The dogs are running free,
The woods rejoice at the merry noise
Of 'hey tantara tee ree.'
The sun is glad to see us clad
All in our lusty green,
And smiles in the sky as he riseth high
To see and to be seen.
Awake all men, I say again,
Be merry as you may;
For Harry, our King, is gone hunting
To bring his deer to bay.
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