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The Ballad Of The Foxhunter • 'Lay me in a cushioned chair;Carry me, ye four,With cushions here and cushions there,To see the world once more.'To stable and to kennel go;Bring what is there to bring;Lead my Lollard to and fro,Or gently in a ring.'Put the chair upon the grass:Bring Rody and his hounds,That I may contented passFrom these earthly bounds.'His eyelids droop, his head falls low,His old eyes cloud with dreams;The sun upon all things that growFalls in sleepy streams.Brown Lollard treads upon the lawn,And to the armchair goes,And now the old man's dreams are gone,He smooths the long brown nose.And now moves many a pleasant tongueUpon his wasted hands,For leading aged hounds and youngThe huntsman near him stands.'HuntsmamRody, blow the horn,Make the hills reply.'The huntsman loosens on the mornA gay wandering cry.Fire is in the old man's eyes,His fingers move and sway,And when the wandering music diesThey hear him feebly say,'Huntsman Rody, blow the horn,Make the hills reply.''I cannot blow upon my horn,I can but weep and sigh.'Servants round his cushioned placeAre with new sorrow wrung;Hounds are gazing on his face,Aged hounds and young.One blind hound only lies apartOn the sun-smitten grass;He holds deep commune with his heart:The moments pass and pass:The blind hound with a mournful dinLifts slow his wintry head;The servants bear the body in;The hounds wail for the dead.

The Ballad Of The Foxhunter • This poem is about an old man who used to be a foxhunter. He wants to go out and live his dream one more time because he is dying. He dreams of being back on his horse and being a foxhunter one more time. • The title, The Ballad Of The Foxhunter, means that this poem is a ballad (an emotional poem or song that has sentimental meaning to it) that has to do with a foxhunter. • The literary terms that are found in this poem are, enjambment, rhyme, and rhythm. • This poem, The Ballad Of The Foxhunter, is a ballad because it is an emotional poem that has a sentimental meaning or story to it. • An example that this is a ballad is the line from stanza four; His eyelids droop, his head falls low, his eyes cloud with dreams; The sun upon all things that grow Falls sleepy streams. This is a very emotional part of the poem because the man knows he can’t go on the foxhunt. He is deeply hurt by the reality of this. All ballads have an emotional part in them. This is one of the most emotional parts of the poem.

The Ballad Of The Foxhunter Cont. • The poet, William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin, Ireland. Foxhunts were very big in Ireland. It is said that Yeats got lots of his ideas for poems from his country's culture. This is an example of how his country gave him ideas for a poem.

Literary Character Dedication • I dedicated this poem to Lawrence Wargrave. • I dedicated this poem to Lawrence Wargrave because he and the man in the poem have a similar desire. They want to live a dream, but they both are dying. The man in the poem knows he is dying and wants to go live his dream as a foxhunter one more time before he dies. In the book And Then There Were None, Lawrence Wargrave is dying and he knows it. His dream is for “The Ultimate Justice,” which is every one has consequences for what they did. He goes after people that the law can not touch for certain reasons. His idea of “The Ultimate Justice” is to kill all of them. He picks nine people and kills every one of them. Each one of these characters have dreams. The man in the poem’s dreams do not come true, he dies before he can go out and hunt. Lawrence Wargrave’s dream partially comes true. He gives “The Ultimate Justice” to nine of the millions of people that he thinks deserve it. That is why I dedicate this poem to Lawrence Wargrave, in the book, And Then There Were None.

Other Poems By William Butler Yeats • A Cradle Song The angels are stoopingAbove your bed;They weary of troopingWith the whimpering dead.God's laughing in HeavenTo see you so good;The Sailing SevenAre gay with His mood.I sigh that kiss you,For I must ownThat I shall miss youWhen you have grown.

Other Poems By William Butler Yeats • I met the Bishop on the roadAnd much said he and I.'Those breasts are flat and fallen now,Those veins must soon be dry;Live in a heavenly mansion,Not in some foul sty.''Fair and foul are near of kin,And fair needs foul,' I cried.'My friends are gone, but that's a truthNor grave nor bed denied,Learned in bodily lowlinessAnd in the heart's pride.'A woman can be proud and stiffWhen on love intent;But Love has pitched his mansion inThe place of excrement;For nothing can be sole or wholeThat has not been rent.' Crazy Jane Talks To The Bishop

Another Ballad By Different Author • Standing on one side of the bridgeYou on the otherBurned at both ends of the times we spent with one anotherAs the melody starts to playThe Ballad of the Broken HeartReminiscing of a secret love affairWallowing in the pits of despairThis isn't the ending Its a brand new startAs a melody begins to playThe Ballad of the Broken HeartFor a wounded heart time does not healOnly gives it a better concealIn the beginning like a flower our love aroseTo end this chapterThe book will closeFrom within, the music will startHail! Sing, sing aloud to the melodyThe Ballad of the Broken Heart The Ballad Of The Broken HeartBy: Carl Leiland

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