Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FACTS, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES



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First Line: One night poor jim had not a sou
Last Line: In faith that christ is still alive.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Faith; Poverty; Belief; Creed


ONE night poor Jim had not a sou,
Mike had enough for his own bed;
"Take it: I'll walk the streets to-night,"
Said Mike, "and you lie down instead."

So Mike walked out, but ne'er came back;
We know not whether he is drowned,
Or used his hands unlawfully;
Is sick, or in some prison bound.

Now Jim was dying fast, and he
Took to the workhouse his old bones;
To earn some water, bread, and sleep,
They made that dying man break stones,

He swooned upon his heavy task:
They carried him to a black coach,
And tearless strangers took him out --
A corpse! at the infirmary's porch.

Since Jesus came with mercy and love,
'Tis nineteen hundred years and five;
They made that dying man break stones,
In faith that Christ is still alive.





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