A mere pause from thinking!

No bugle awakes him with life-and-death-call.

CHORUS.

But the hound bayeth loudly,

The Boar's in the wood, And the Falcon longs proudly To spring from her hood:

On the wrist of the Noble

She sits like a crest,

And the air is in trouble

With birds from their nest.

Cæsar.

Oh! Shadow of glory!

Dim image of war!

But the chace hath no story,

Her hero no star,

Since Nimrod, the Founder

Of empire and chace,

Who made the woods wonder

And quake for their race.
When the Lion was young,
In the pride of his might,
Then 'twas sport for the strong
To embrace him in fight;

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THE AGE OF BRONZE.

THE ISLAND.

THE VISION OF JUDGMENT.

THE DEFORMED TRANSFORMED.

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THE AGE OF BRONZE.

THE ISLAND.

THE VISION OF JUDGMENT.

THE DEFORMED TRANSFORMED.

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