Read full poem →Fame lives not in the breath of words,
In public praises' hue and cry;
The music of these summer birds
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The public pursuit of a criminal, accompanied by shouts to warn others to give chase.
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Poetry examples for “hue and cry”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.