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A VAGABOND by GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK

First Line: SWEET VAGABOND, I HARDLY KNOW
Last Line: SHALL BE MY ONLY PROOF THEREOF.
Subject(s): WANDERING & WANDERERS;
SWEET vagabond, I hardly know
Your mother's tongue, your father's name,
For even as a dream you came,
And even as a dream you go.
My heart shall hold your gift of love
Dear, till I sleep the ground beneath,
Though the white scallops of your teeth
Shall be my only proof thereof.



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