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Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967). The Old Huntsman and Other Poems. 1918.

37. Nimrod in September

WHEN half the drowsy world’s a-bed

And misty morning rises red,

With jollity of horn and lusty cheer,

Young Nimrod urges on his dwindling rout;

Along the yellowing coverts we can hear

His horse’s hoofs thud hither and about:

In mulberry coat he rides and makes

Huge clamour in the sultry brakes.