Tom Moody

William Henry Ogilvie 1869 (Scotland) – 1963



Death had beckoned with grisly hand
To the finest Whip in hunting-land.
‘ My time is short,’ Tom Moody said,
‘ Master, when I am done and dead,
Lay me at Barrow beneath the yew
In the dear old shire we have hunted through.
Let six earth-stoppers carry me there
With slow step and heads bare.
Bring the old horse that I used to ride,
With my whip and boots to his saddle tied.
Fasten the brush in his forehead-band
Of the last dog-fox we brought to hand.
And let a couple of old hounds come,
Fitting mourners to follow me home.
Then, when you've laid me safe down there,
Give three view-holloas will shake the air,
And you'll know, if I do not lift my head,
There is no mistake-Tom Moody's dead!'

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AABBCCDDEEAAFGDDBB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 709
Words 137
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18

William Henry Ogilvie

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