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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AUVERGNAT, by HILAIRE BELLOC Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There was a man was half a clown Last Line: Hilaire belloc. Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Subject(s): Wandering & Wanderers; Wanderlust; Vagabonds; Tramps; Hoboes | |||
THERE was a man was half a clown (It's so, my father tells of it), He saw the church in Clermont Town, And laughed to hear the bells of it. He laughed to hear the bells that ring In Clermont Church and round of it; He heard the verger's daughter sing, And loved her for the sound of it. The verger's daughter said him nay (She had the right of choice in it); He left the town at break of day (He hadn't had a voice in it). The road went up, the road went down, And there the matter ended it; He broke his heart in Clermont Town, At Pontgibaud they mended it. Hilaire Belloc. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BUMS, ON WAKING by JAMES DICKEY A FOLK SINGER OF THE THIRTIES by JAMES DICKEY WANDERER IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY by CLARENCE MAJOR THE WANDERER by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN LONG GONE by STERLING ALLEN BROWN BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON A VAGABOND SONG by BLISS CARMAN |
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