Found

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — a poem card from Justes Mots

A dramatic narrative poem depicting a fox-hunt from the prey's perspective, capturing the animal's terror and desperate attempt to escape pursuing hounds. Longfellow creates visceral tension through sensory detail and sympathy for the hunted creature. Suitable for those reflecting on vulnerability, survival, or the ethics of sport.

His nose ranged swiftly, his heart beat fast,
Then a crashing cry rose up in a blast,
Then horse hooves trampled, then horses' flitches
Burst their way through the hazel switches,
Then the horn again made the hounds like mad,
And a man, quite near, said "Found, by Gad,"
And a man, quite near, said "Now he'll break.
Lark's Leybourne Copse is the line he'll take."…

Themes: sympathy · grief · encouragement · reflection