Relish your dark woundings

prime your pellets

check your powders,

for soon comes the hunter's moon.

 

Polish your stock

let your barrel breather oil

make slick your cloths' preparations

practise footfalls of stealth,

for soon comes the hunter's moon.

 

While fen and forest sweat and furrow

while fur frets in the burrow

 hold fast your dreas for now,

for soon comes the hunter's moon.