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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AMBITION, by BURGES JOHNSON Poet's Biography
First Line: I've shoed my horse and fed my cow
Last Line: Perhaps I'll grow to be them all.
Subject(s): Ambition; Children; Professions; Childhood
First Line: I've shoed my horse and fed my cow
Last Line: Perhaps I'll grow to be them all.
Subject(s): Ambition; Children; Professions; Childhood
I've shoed my horse and fed my cow,
And I am mending houses now;
I think I'll be, when I am old,
A farmer or a blacksmith bold.
Unless I find that I prefer
To be sometimes a carpenter.
I've learned so much, though I am small,
Perhaps I'll grow to be them all.
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