Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE GREEN TENT, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES


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First Line: Summer has spread a cool, green tent
Last Line: Can sleep without the power of wealth.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Wealth; Riches; Fortunes


Summer has spread a cool, green tent
Upon the bare poles of this tree;
Where 'tis a joy to sit all day,
And hear the small birds' melody;
To see the sheep stand bolt upright,
Nibbling at grass almost their height.

And much I marvel now how men
Can waste their fleeting days in greed;
That one man should desire more gold
Than twenty men should truly need;
For is not this green tent more sweet
Than any chamber of the great?

This tent, at which I spend my day,
Was made at Nature's cost, not mine;
And when night comes, and I must sleep,
No matter if my room be fine
Or common, for Content and Health
Can sleep without the power of Wealth.





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