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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEGGAR'S LUCK, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: Where did you sleep in the country, lad?
Last Line: And drove me away with stones.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Begging & Beggars; Environment; Fields; Homeless; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation; Pastures; Meadows; Leas
First Line: Where did you sleep in the country, lad?
Last Line: And drove me away with stones.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Begging & Beggars; Environment; Fields; Homeless; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation; Pastures; Meadows; Leas
Where did you sleep in the Country, Lad?
'It was a field of hay.'
Did you sleep soundly there, and well?
'Till after break of day.'
Where did you sleep in the City, Lad –
Where did you rest your bones?
'They gave me neither straw nor feather,
And drove me away with stones.'
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