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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEGGAR'S SONNET, by S. BERT COOKSLEY
First Line: Better be blind than see what beggars see
Last Line: Better stretch dead across the loco ferns.
Subject(s): Begging & Beggars
First Line: Better be blind than see what beggars see
Last Line: Better stretch dead across the loco ferns.
Subject(s): Begging & Beggars
Better be blind than see what beggars see
In their brown sacks when the day is over,
And the wind in his rags walks down the lea
And the spent lark pushes into clover.
Better be mute than speak what beggars speak
Round their green fires when the moon is coming,
And the giant lizard paddles to the creek
And the brittle locust begins drumming.
Better be deaf than hear what beggars hear
In the pitch night when they draw their covers,
And the star-crazy wood rats blunder near
And the blank owls become noisy lovers.
Rather than dream their dreams till day returns
Better stretch dead across the loco ferns.
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