Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CAREY'S SHOES, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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CAREY'S SHOES, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My business is preaching the gospel
Last Line: To the father's home and his heart!
Subject(s): Clergy; Shoes; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers


"My business is preaching the gospel,"
Said Carey the Cobbler one day;
"And I mend shoes to pay the expenses,
The needful expenses to pay."

So the shoes of Carey the Cobbler
Were sturdily first to set forth
On the path that leads eastward and westward,
To the south and the ultimate north.

So the shoes that he cheerily cobbled
Have led a victorious throng
Over Hard Road and Sad Road and Dark Road,
To the Country of Laughter and Song.

Do you wear them, -- the shoes that he cobbled?
They will carry you firmly afar
From the Land of the Miser and Glutton,
Where splendor and luxury are.

And their soles are none of the smoothest,
And their patches are coming apart,
But they lead by the pathway of service
To the Father's home and His heart!





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