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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE OLD FOX-HUNTER, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography
First Line: To some this rich and multifarious world
Last Line: All fame, that mounts not at his kennel-doors.
Subject(s): Hunting; Hunters
First Line: To some this rich and multifarious world
Last Line: All fame, that mounts not at his kennel-doors.
Subject(s): Hunting; Hunters
To some this rich and multifarious world
Is void without the chase: poor Reynard's scent
Is the prime smell beneath the firmament,
And all besides is into Limbo hurl'd;
To-day will be the first meet of the hounds;
The wind blows south, and, in the early dark,
The squire sits gazing o'er his dusky park,
While, in his ears, the horn already sounds;
Yon furzy levels harbour all his hopes,
No other field of glory ranks with them;
Fair Athens and divine Jerusalem
Are moving to the Dawn with Hunter's Copse,
And the Home-cover; but the squire ignores
All fame, that mounts not at his kennel-doors.
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