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A STALKER OF GEESE by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "ARISTON HAD A SLING, WHEREWITH HE GOT"
Last Line: AND LORN: BUT O'ER HIS GRAVE THE WILD GEESE HUM
Subject(s): GEESE;HUNTING; HUNTERS;
ARISTON had a sling, wherewith he got
A scanty living: for wild geese he shot,
Stalking them very softly, to surprise
The pack that fed with sideways-glancing eyes:
Now he's in Hades; and his sling is dumb
And lorn: but o'er his grave the wild geese hum.



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