He runs to the rhythm of a dismal tune;

In the gay merry shine of a summer day,

He still is running, away—away.

In cold, in heat, in rain, in snow,

This poor little creature must go—must go;

Perhaps if you're there in time you'll see

This wandering Hare,

This miserable Hare,

Rush over the hill-top, bleak and bare.

Do you suppose he wishes his home to see,