Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ENVY, by W. L. WERNER


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First Line: When my old buddy gets to heaven
Last Line: Walk the streets for bread.
Alternate Author Name(s): Jacob
Subject(s): Envy


When my old buddy gets to Heaven
An' pounds his hobs on the golden street,
No lieut will bawl him out for scratchin',
He will not have to stand retreat.

No bugles'll run him out o' mornings,
No lines will form for mess and pay;
Details will not march out a-pickin'
Butts an' paper on a windy day.

When my old buddy gets to Heaven,
He'll hear the blessed angels sing;
An' Armistice Day he'll maybe listen
To bells on earth that faintly ring --

An' guns a-boomin'; whistles blowin',
When all good people honour the dead. . . .
He'll be too far to see his buddies
Walk the streets for bread.





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