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After the Hunt

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Underneath the windy mountain walls     Forth we rode, an eager band,     By the surges and the verges and the gorges,     Till the night was on the land     On the hazy, mazy land!     Far away the bounding prey     Leapt across the ruts and logs,     But we galloped, galloped, galloped on,     Till we heard the yapping of the dogs     The yapping and the yelping of the dogs.     Oh, it was a madly merry day     We shall not so soon forget,     And the edges and the ledges and the ridges     Haunt us with their echoes yet     Echoes, echoes, echoes yet!     While the moon is on the hill     Gleaming through the streaming fogs,     Dont you hear the yapping of the dogs     The yapping and the yelping of the dogs?

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