Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NESSMUK, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY


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First Line: I hail thee, nessmuk, for the lofty
Last Line: To hail thee first and greet thee, as they should.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Chaucer, Geoffrey (1342-1400); Poetry & Poets; Praise; Robin Hood


I HAIL thee, Nessmuk, for the lofty tone
Yet simple grace that marks thy poetry!
True forester thou art, and still to be,
Even in happier fields than thou hast known.
Thus, in glad visions, glimpses am I shown
Of groves delectable -- "preserves" for thee --
Ranged but by friends of thine -- I name thee three: --
First, Chaucer, with his bald old pate new-grown
With changeless laurel; next, in Lincoln-green,
Gold belted, bowed and bugled, Robin Hood;
And next, Ike Walton, patient and serene:
These three, O Nessmuk, gathered hunter-wise,
Are camped on hither slopes of Paradise,
To hail thee first and greet thee, as they should.





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