Hound And Huntsman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCBBDDEEFF GGHIBBJJ KK BBBBLLMMNN| Seeing yourselves are wise ye smile | A |
| On fools and folly for a while | A |
| But water wears the rocks and sense | B |
| Is wearied by impertinence | B |
| - | |
| The wind was southerly the sky | C |
| Proclaimed that a good scent would lie | C |
| Forth from the kennel burst the hounds | B |
| As schoolboys sally out of bounds | B |
| They hailed the huntsman he by name | D |
| Greeted each dog who thought it fame | D |
| See them obey command when bade | E |
| They scattered thro' the copse and glade | E |
| They snuffed the scent upon the gale | F |
| And sought the remnant of a trail | F |
| - | |
| Ringwood a pup on the alert | G |
| Was very young and very pert | G |
| He opened from exuberant spirit | H |
| But old dogs heard the puppy in it | I |
| But when his note of Full cry rose | B |
| The huntsman to the puppy goes | B |
| Down falls the lash up rose the yelp | J |
| And murmured thus the puppy whelp | J |
| - | |
| Why lash me Are you malcontent | K |
| That I possess superior scent | K |
| - | |
| The huntsman answered Puppy slips | B |
| Must be restrained by lash of whips | B |
| Puppies our scorn not envy raise | B |
| For envy is akin to praise | B |
| Had not that forward noisy tongue | L |
| The patience of your elders wrung | L |
| You might have hunted with the pack | M |
| But now the whip assails your back | M |
| You must be taught to know your ground | N |
| And from a puppy grow a hound | N |
John Gay
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About Hound And Huntsman
Hound And Huntsman is a poem by John Gay. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Hound And Huntsman poem by John Gay
Best Poems of John Gay