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Collected poems, 1901-1918 (Vol. 2)/The Huntsmen

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Collected poems, 1901-1918 (1920)
by Walter de la Mare
The Huntsmen
2913102Collected poems, 1901-1918 — The Huntsmen1920Walter de la Mare


THE HUNTSMEN

 
THREE jolly gentlemen,
In coats of red,
Rode their horses
Up to bed.

Three jolly gentlemen
Snored till morn,
Their horses champing
The golden corn.

Three jolly gentlemen,
At break of day,
Came clitter-clatter down the stairs
And galloped away.

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