Whistles his falcon down the air:

While in the woods the bugled Hunt,

With bearded cheeks, blows wild a-mort

As dies the boar; or, front to front,

Upon the baying hounds, the hart

Turns, antlering at the battle's brunt.

The heath-cock, stout amid his dames,

Upon the purple-heathered hill,

With glossy coat the morn enflames,

Sounds to his rivals challenge shrill.