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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WANDERER'S SONG, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT Poet's Biography
First Line: My garden is the road-side free
Last Line: A wealth I cannot squander.
Subject(s): Wandering & Wanderers; Wanderlust; Vagabonds; Tramps; Hoboes
First Line: My garden is the road-side free
Last Line: A wealth I cannot squander.
Subject(s): Wandering & Wanderers; Wanderlust; Vagabonds; Tramps; Hoboes
My garden is the road-side free,
No seed my hand has planted;
But there all flowers bloom for me,
As in a land enchanted.
My own I do not leave behind,
When far from home I wander,
For where I pass, my own I find,
A wealth I cannot squander.
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