Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DON O' DREAMS (THE SYCAMORE), by HARRY NOYES PRATT


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First Line: Above the dry arroyo leaning
Last Line: On this ragged don o' dreams.
Subject(s): Spain


Above the dry arroyo leaning,
Minstrel, troubadour of Spain;
Indolent and careless -- wondering
If old days will come again.

Spendthrift with the gold of summer;
Flinging with a lazy hand
Wide the long day's coinage, careless
Of tomorrow's sure demand.

Dreaming of the days when Castile
Proudly held these drowsing hills,
Half forgetful of the present
While the warm sun largess spills

On this wanderer of the lowlands,
On this loiterer by the streams --
Prince today, tomorrow's pauper! --
On this ragged Don o' Dreams.





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