THE HARE

                         Throughout time your features

                          Have been carved and painted

                            Worshipped and protected

                               Adorned and adored

                              Steeped in mythology

                            Beguiling magical Lepus

                         Symbol of rebirth and eternity

                         Yet not blessed with longevity

                               But loved by so many

                              In images immortalised

                             In imagination idealised

                              A touchstone, a healer

                               An enigma, a stealer

                                    Of our hearts