Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DICK FISHERMAN, by ARTHUR GLYN PRYS-JONES


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DICK FISHERMAN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Old dick fisherman
Last Line: Singing in the rain.
Subject(s): Wales; Wisdom; Welshmen; Welshwomen


I

OLD Dick Fisherman
Is happier than the squire,
Wiser than the minister
Sitting by his fire:
Squire goes a-hunting
And parson's with his books,
But old Dick Fisherman
Is talking to the brooks.

II

Old Dick Fisherman
Has something in his eyes
That comes out of wandering
Beneath wet skies:
He hasn't much money,
And he hasn't fine clothes,
But the world has secrets
That only Dick knows.

III

And I'd give a pension
For the brave songs he weaves,
Walking in the twilight
At the falling of the leaves:
And I'd give another
For what Dick sees
In the bracken and the heather
And the tall, grey trees.

IV

Brown pools of Paradise
Beyond the last star,
Where the Lord makes provision
For all sorts that are—
And it's there, if I'm worthy,
That I shall hear again
Old Dick Fisherman
Singing in the rain.





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