NIMROD

There were brave men, some one has truly said,

Before Atrides ( those were mostly dead

Behind him ) and ere you could e'er occur

Actaeon lived, Nimrod and Bahram-Gur.

In strength and speed and daring they excelled:

The stag they overtook, the lion felled.

Ah, yes, great hunters flourished before you,

And — for Munchausen lived — great talkers too.

There'll be no more; there's much to kill, but — well,

You have left nothing in the world to tell!