"Soon as Aurora drives away the night, And edges eastern clouds with rosy light, The healthy huntsman, with the cheerf…"

"Love's torments made me seek the chase; Rifle in hand, I roam'd apace. Down from the tree, with hollow scoff, The rav…"

"Of horn and morn, and hark and bark, And echo's answering sounds, All poets' wit hath ever writ In dog-rel verse of h…"

"D'ye ken John Peel with his coat so gay? D'ye ken John Peel at the break of the day? D'ye ken John Peel when he's far…"

"It (hunting) was the labour of the savages of North America, but the amusement of the gentlemen of England."

"With a hey, ho, chevy! Hark forward, hark forward, tantivy! Hark, hark, tantivy! This day a stag must die."

"My hoarse-sounding horn Invites thee to the chase, the sport of kings."

"He thought at heart like courtly Chesterfield, Who, after a long chase o'er hills, dales, bushes, And what not, thoug…"

"Proud Nimrod first the bloody chase began, A mighty hunter, and his prey was man."

"They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; They pursued it with forks and hope; They threatened its life…"