“Proud Nimrod first the bloody chase began
A mighty hunter, and his prey was man.”

Source: Windsor Forest (1713), Line 61.

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Alexander Pope158

eighteenth century English poet 1688–1744

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“Proud Nimrod first the bloody chase began
A mighty hunter, and his prey was man.”