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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHORUS AT THE GREEN BEAR INN, by HERBERT TRENCH Poet's Biography
First Line: Ruddy old shepherd, blithe of cheer
Last Line: (long may it march before us!)
Subject(s): Shepherds & Shepherdesses; Song Writing; Hotels
First Line: Ruddy old shepherd, blithe of cheer
Last Line: (long may it march before us!)
Subject(s): Shepherds & Shepherdesses; Song Writing; Hotels
Traveller.
RUDDY old Shepherd, blithe of cheer,
Chorus.
(Here's to the leg that's lusty!)
Traveller.
When comes to you the pick of the year?
Chorus.
(Mark what he says . . . he's trusty!)
Shepherd.
"When I watch yon Fire in the chimney roar. . . ."
Chorus.
(What in the embers dreamt he?)
Shepherd.
"And sparks flee up from the embers' core. . . ."
Chorus.
(Fill up his can -- it's empty!)
Shepherd.
"While out on the moorland gale I hear. . . ."
Chorus.
(Here's to the woes we bury!)
Shepherd.
"Some Fiddle, ranting and rovering near! . . ."
Chorus.
(Hail to that fiddler merry!)
Shepherd.
"Yon Fire, so great and so quick with glee. . . ."
Chorus.
(Here's to the world so stormy!)
Shepherd.
"Is Love, the breath o' the world, you see. . . ."
Chorus.
(Here's to the mother that bore me!)
Shepherd.
"And . . . hark to the Fiddle! . . That's Hope! Play on. . . ."
Chorus.
(Fiddle, we send a chorus!)
Shepherd.
"Idling and wheeling, and come and gone! . . ."
Chorus.
(Long may it march before us!)
Other Poems of Interest...
THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND EYES: THE LOST PINES INN by LYN HEJINIAN
LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO
WHAT THE MAGDALENE SAW by TIMOTHY LIU
REMOVED AT THE MOMENT OF PERFECTION by TIMOTHY LIU
MARRY AT A HOTEL, ANNUL ?ÇÖEM by HARRYETTE MULLEN
THE KEEPER OF THE DEAD HOTEL by AGHA SHAHID ALI
IN GEORGETOWN; HOLIDAY INN, WASHINGTON, D.C. by HAYDEN CARRUTH