My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here;

My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.

Robert Burns (1759-1796): My Heart's in the Highlands.

The hunter and the deer a shade.

Philip Freneau (1752-1832): The Indian Burying-Ground.

The hunter and the deer a shade.

Thomas Campbell (1777-1844): O'Connor's Child. Stanza 5.

Why, let the stricken deer go weep,

The hart ungalled play;

For some must watch, while some must sleep:

So runs the world away.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act iii. Sc. 2.

But mice and rats, and such small deer,

Have been Tom's food for seven long year.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Lear. Act iii. Sc. 4.