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 "id": "james-mcintyre/fight-in-a-cave",
 "title": "Fight in a Cave",
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 "poet": "James McIntyre",
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 "language": "en",
 "book": "Poems of James McIntyre",
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 "sequence": 78,
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  "year": 1889,
  "venue": "Poems of James McIntyre (1889)",
  "note": "First located printing is this volume; an earlier periodical printing has not been established.",
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  "rights": "public domain (SE dedication; underlying text pre-1931)"
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  "last_checked": "2026-08-20"
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   {
    "text": "This is a tale of a hunter brave,",
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   {
    "text": "He sought for refuge in a cave",
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   {
    "text": "To escape a furious storm,",
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    "text": "And he built fire to keep him warm.",
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  ],
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   {
    "text": "Dry leaves and twigs made fire and smoke,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Which wild beasts’ fury did provoke;",
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   },
   {
    "text": "By its growl he knew ’twas bear,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "But bruin’s fury he would dare.",
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   }
  ],
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   {
    "text": "For he determined not to run,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "And he gave it a shot from gun,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "But this the bear it did enrage,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Resolved in war for to engage.",
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  ],
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   {
    "text": "For it came shambling along,",
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   {
    "text": "To have revenge for suflering wrong;",
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    "text": "Hunter with the butt of rifle",
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   {
    "text": "Struck and stunned him a trifle.",
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  ],
  [
   {
    "text": "Once more he aimed, it glanced on rock,",
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   {
    "text": "And he was left with broken stock;",
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   {
    "text": "Now the bear it doth hunter seize,",
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   {
    "text": "And gives him many a hug and squeeze.",
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   {
    "text": "The struggle is so close for life,",
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   {
    "text": "The hunter cannot use his knife;",
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   {
    "text": "But the nimble hunter bold",
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   {
    "text": "Soon made the bear relax his hold.",
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   {
    "text": "By a sudden spring bear he rolls,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "With his nose in burning coals;",
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   {
    "text": "His nostrils full of fire and smoke,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Poor Brvin it doth almost choke.",
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   }
  ],
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   {
    "text": "The hunter now doth use his knife,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Stabs bear in heart and ends the strife;",
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   },
   {
    "text": "So hunter he did victory win,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "And spoils of battle in grand skin.",
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