Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, STALKING BEAUTY, by JOSEPHINE INGRAM


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STALKING BEAUTY, by                    
First Line: Trotting ahead like an eager hound
Last Line: The trail leads on with its nose to the ground.
Subject(s): Beauty


Trotting ahead like an eager hound
The trail leads upward over the hill;
Plumed tail pointing, nose to the ground,
It dips to the hollow where, darkly chill,
Seaweed green and ocean cool
Under a sagging, moss-hung bridge,
Water lies in a fern draped pool --
Then up, and on to the highest ridge!
He must be swift who would follow still
In the wake of the silent, stalking hound
When beauty is fleeing, and over the hill
The trail leads on with its nose to the ground.





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