Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.
By Harriet PrescottSpofford618 The Hunt
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Red is the dawn, and the world white with rime,—
Music, O music! The hunter’s horn ringing!
Over the hilltop the mounted men climb.
The deep bay, the rhythm of hoof and of cry,—
Echo, O echo! The winds rush and mingle!
Halloo, view halloo! And the Hunt has swept by.
Bare is the hilltop and sad as its wont,—
Out of the ghost of a long-dead October
Blows as the dust blows the ghost of the Hunt!