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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE VAGABOND, by JOHN DRINKWATER Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I know the pools where the grayling rise
Last Line: I'm lord of a dozen counties.
Subject(s): Wandering & Wanderers; Wanderlust; Vagabonds; Tramps; Hoboes
First Line: I know the pools where the grayling rise
Last Line: I'm lord of a dozen counties.
Subject(s): Wandering & Wanderers; Wanderlust; Vagabonds; Tramps; Hoboes
I KNOW the pools where the grayling rise,
I know the trees where the filberts fall,
I know the woods where the red fox lies,
The twisted elms where the brown owls call.
And I've seldom a shilling to call my own,
And there's never a girl I'd marry,
I thank the Lord I'm a rolling stone
With never a care to carry.
I talk to the stars as they come and go
On every night from July to June,
I'm free of the speech of the winds that blow,
And I know what weather will sing what tune.
I sow no seed and I pay no rent,
And I thank no man for his bounties,
But I've a treasure that's never spent,
I'm lord of a dozen counties.
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