Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE VAGRANT, by PAULINE SLENDER


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THE VAGRANT, by                    
First Line: I will leave the dust of the city street and the noise of the busy town
Last Line: And a dream that the fairies spin from stars on the other side of the moon.
Subject(s): Wandering & Wanderers


I WILL leave the dust of the City street and the noise of the busy town
For the windy moor and the high hill and the peat-stream flowing brown;
I will keep my watch by the camp-fires where the white cliffs lean to the sea,
And dawn shall wake me with golden hands and the rain shall walk with me.

I will seek the place where gypsies roam and strange, wild songs are sung;
I will find once more the magic paths I knew when earth was young.
And the stars will give me comradeship and the wind will be my friend,
And I will send you the faëry gold that lies at the rainbow's end.

Stretch not your hands nor bid me stay, I hear the white road's call,
The sun hath kissed the buds from sleep, and I am one with them all;
But I will send you a golden cloak and a pair of silver shoon,
And a dream that the fairies spin from stars on the other side of the moon.





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