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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WHITE HART, by JOHANN LUDWIG UHLAND Poet's Biography
First Line: Three huntsmen forth to the greenwood went
Last Line: Hush, hush!—bing, bang!—trara!
Subject(s): Deer; Hunting; Hunters
First Line: Three huntsmen forth to the greenwood went
Last Line: Hush, hush!—bing, bang!—trara!
Subject(s): Deer; Hunting; Hunters
THREE huntsmen forth to the greenwood went;
To hunt the white hart was their intent.
They laid them under a green fir-tree,
And a singular vision befell those three.
THE FIRST HUNTSMAN
I dreamt I arose and beat on the bush,
When forth came rushing the stag—hush, hush!
THE SECOND
As with baying of hound he came rushing along,
I fired my gun at his hide—bing, bang!
THE THIRD
And when the stag on the ground I saw,
I merrily wound my horn—trara!
Conversing thus did the huntsmen lie,
When lo! the white hart came bounding by;
And before the huntsmen had noted him well,
He was up and away over mountain and dell!—
Hush, hush!—bing, bang!—trara!
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