Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BEGGARS, by FRANCIS DAVIDSON


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BEGGARS, by                    
First Line: What noise of viols is so sweet
Last Line: Here's scraps enough for to-day.
Subject(s): Begging & Beggars


What noise of viols is so sweet
As when our merry clappers ring?
What mirth doth want when beggars meet?
A beggar's life is for a king.
Eat, drink, and play, sleep when we list,
Go where we will -- so stocks be missed.
Bright shines the sun; play, beggars, play!
Here's scraps enough to serve to-day.

The world is ours, and ours alone;
For we alone have world at will.
We purchase not -- all is our own;
Both fields and streets we beggars fill.
Bright shines the sun; play, beggars, play!
Here's scraps enough for to-day.




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