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THE PENNY OWING by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

Poet Analysis

First Line: POOR BLIND TAM, THE BEGGAR MAN
Last Line: AND THE PENNY I GRUDGED KEPT SAFE FOR YOU.'

Poor blind Tam, the beggar man,
I'll give a penny to as soon as I can.
Where he stood at the corner in his rags, and cried,
The sun without shadow does now abide.

Safe be my penny till I come some day
To where Tam's waiting. And then I'll say,
'Here is my ghost, Tam, from the fire and dew,
And the penny I grudged kept safe for you.'



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