The Stag-Hunt.

The morning is breaking— The stag is away! The hounds and the hunters The signal obey! The horn bids the echoes Awake as we go, And nature is jocund With hark!—tally-ho! Hark away! Tally-ho! Hark forward!—Tantivy!— The woodland resounds With shouts of the sportsmen To cheer on the hounds! The horse and his rider, The deer and his foe, Dash by to the music Of hark!—tally-ho! (He's at bay!) Tally-ho!