NIMRODThere were brave men, some one has truly said,Before Atrides (those were mostly deadBehind him) and ere you could e'er occurActaeon 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,Youhave left nothing in the world to tell!
There were brave men, some one has truly said,Before Atrides (those were mostly deadBehind him) and ere you could e'er occurActaeon 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,Youhave left nothing in the world to tell!