Nimrod

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Nimrod

There were brave men, someone has truly said,

Before Atrides (those were mostly dead

Behind him) and long ages ere you were

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!