THERE were three jovial huntsmen, As I have heard them say, And they would go a-hunting All on a summer's day. All the day they hunted, And nothing could they find But a ship a-sailing, A-sailing with the wind. One said it was a ship, The other said Nay; The third said it was a house With the chimney blown away. And all the night they hunted, And nothing could they find; But the moon a-gliding, A-gliding with the wind. One said it was the moon, The other said Nay; The third said it was a cheese, And half o't cut away. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TALENTED MAN by WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED A SOLDIER'S GRAVE by JOHN ALBEE AN EPIGRAM ON WOMAN by PHILIP AYRES POLYHYMNIA: DEDICATION TO THE COUNTESS OF LINDSEY by WILLIAM BASSE HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 25 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH |