Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VAGRANT'S SONG, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When a dark-eyed dawn Last Line: As a house of a thousand pound! | ||||||||
I WHEN a dark-eyed dawn Crawls forth, cloud-drawn, And starlings doubt the night-time's close; And "three months yet," They seem to fret, "Before we cease us slaves of snows, And sun returns To loose the burns, And this wild woe called Winter goes!" -- O a hollow tree Is as good for me As a house where the back-brand glows! Che-hane, mother; che-hane, mother, As a house where the back-brand glows! II When autumn brings A whirr of wings Among the evergreens around, And sundry thrills About their quills Awe rooks, and misgivings abound, And the joyless pines In leaning lines Protect from gales the lower ground, O a hollow tree Is as good for me As a house of a thousand pound! Che-hane, mother; che-hane, mother, As a house of a thousand pound! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEN WHO MARCH AWAY' (SONG OF THE SOLDIERS) by THOMAS HARDY A BROKEN APPOINTMENT by THOMAS HARDY A CHRISTMAS GHOST-STORY; CHRISTMAS-EVE 1899 by THOMAS HARDY A THOUGHT IN TWO MOODS by THOMAS HARDY A THUNDERSTORM IN TOWN by THOMAS HARDY A TRAMPWOMAN'S TRAGEDY by THOMAS HARDY A WIFE IN LONDON by THOMAS HARDY ACCORDING TO THE MIGHTY WORKING by THOMAS HARDY |
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