Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEGGAR'S LUCK, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: Where did you sleep in the country, lad? Last Line: And drove me away with stones.' Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Begging & Beggars; Environment; Fields; Homeless; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation; Pastures; Meadows; Leas | ||||||||
Where did you sleep in the Country, Lad? 'It was a field of hay.' Did you sleep soundly there, and well? 'Till after break of day.' Where did you sleep in the City, Lad Where did you rest your bones? 'They gave me neither straw nor feather, And drove me away with stones.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HUNTING PHEASANTS IN A CORNFIELD by ROBERT BLY THREE KINDS OF PLEASURES by ROBERT BLY QUESTION IN A FIELD by LOUISE BOGAN THE LAST MOWING by ROBERT FROST FIELD AND FOREST by RANDALL JARRELL AN EXPLANATION by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON IN FIELDS OF SUMMER by GALWAY KINNELL A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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