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!