He stood to the roaring tiger, he stood to the charging gaur;
His was the love of the hunting which is more than the lust of war;
He knew the troubles of tracking, the business of camps and kits,
And the pleasure that pays for the pain of all—the ultimate shot that hits.
Now I've nowhere seen it stated, but I'm certain the thing occurred,
That when Nimrod came to his death-bed he sent his relatives word,
And said to his sons and his people ere his spirit obtained release,
"You follow the trails I taught you and your ways will bring you peace."
Wherefore—as now and to-morrow—when the souls of men were sick,
When wives were fickle or fretful or the bills were falling thick,