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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VAGRANT, by WITTER BYNNER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I come and go
Last Line: I lie alone.
Alternate Author Name(s): Morgan, Emanuel
Subject(s): Freedom; Independence; Liberty
First Line: I come and go
Last Line: I lie alone.
Alternate Author Name(s): Morgan, Emanuel
Subject(s): Freedom; Independence; Liberty
I come and go
And never stay.
I pick and choose
A night, a day,
I find, I lose,
I laugh along,
I will not know
Right things from wrong.
I pity those
Who pity me,
I ask no boon,
But being free ...
And so the moon,
My polished stone,
Shines and shows
I lie alone.
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