Whoso List to Hunt Art and Culture Quotes

The deer is associated with death. The word "graven" means written or inscribed, but we can't help hearing the word "grave" in there as well. The speaker should be careful about chasing this deer, which is another way of saying that, if he cares about his writing career, he should be careful about regurgitating old literary symbols.

The deer belongs to Caesar and should not be touched. Perhaps this whole bit about not touching means "find something else to write about, Thomas Wyatt, the deer belongs to Greek myth and Petrarch."