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O Hunter

Be proud while you can, O Hunter, While the skill and wit are yours, Combined with youth's strong vigor, Or Age's canny ways. Be proud while you can, O Hunter, And send your arrow true, Deep into the heart of the greatest beast, That rules in the frosty pines. Be proud while you can, O Hunter, For this year you still strike fear. Remember that the fire grows cold, Though hot it once began. Be proud while you can, O Hunter, For life, too, plays the game. And one day the arrow comes for you, And takes its prize the same. Written 9 September 2018

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