Hunt half a day for a forgotten dream.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850): Hart-leap Well. Part ii.

Better to hunt in fields for health unbought

Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught.

The wise for cure on exercise depend;

God never made his work for man to mend.

John Dryden (1631-1701): Epistle to John Dryden of Chesterton. Line 92.

Philologists, who chase

A panting syllable through time and space,

Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark

To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's ark.

William Cowper (1731-1800): Retirement. Line 691.