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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GLEANERS, by GERTRUDE HAHN
First Line: They come at nightfall with a furtive air
Last Line: But stoop and pick, and stoop and pick again.
Subject(s): Sonnet (as Literary Form); Wandering & Wanderers; Wanderlust; Vagabonds; Tramps; Hoboes
First Line: They come at nightfall with a furtive air
Last Line: But stoop and pick, and stoop and pick again.
Subject(s): Sonnet (as Literary Form); Wandering & Wanderers; Wanderlust; Vagabonds; Tramps; Hoboes
They come at nightfall with a furtive air,
The prowling, shabby men, the ragged boys,
Dragging small wagons with a creaking noise
Along the gutters, by the curbstones, where
The householders have set out refuse. There
They gather up the remnants of old joys;
Poking among the tins, the cast-off toys,
The sweepings, the discards beyond repair.
The stealthy scavengers of city streets
Shuffle their weary way into the night,
Gleaning the leavings of securer men,
Nor think they might have garnered summer sweets,
In fragrant meadows filled with golden light,
But stoop and pick, and stoop and pick again.
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