The World a Hunt. By Drummond, William (of Hawthorndon). The World a-hunting is: The prey poor Man, the Nimrod fierce is Death; His speedy greyhounds are Lust, Sickness, Envy, Care, Strife that ne'er falls amiss, With all those ills which haunt us while we breathe. Now if by chance we fly Of these the eager chase, Old Age with stealing pace Casts up his nets, and there we panting die.