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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PEDDLER'S CARAVAN, by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: I wish I lived in a caravan Last Line: Just like the travels of captain cook. Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Matthew; Holbeach, Henry Variant Title(s): The Pedlar's Caravan Subject(s): Peddling & Peddlers | |||
I wish I lived in a caravan, With a horse to drive, like a pedlar-man! Where he comes from nobody knows, Nor where he goes to, but on he goes. His caravan has windows two, With a chimney of tin that the smoke comes through, He has a wife, and a baby brown, And they go riding from town to town. Chairs to mend and delf to sell -- He clashes the basins like a bell. Tea-trays, baskets, ranged in order, Plates, with the alphabet round the border. The roads are brown, and the sea is green, But his house is just like a bathing-machine. The world is round, but he can ride, Rumble, and splash to the other side. With the pedlar-man I should like to roam, And write a book when I come home. All the people would read my book, Just like the Travels of Captain Cook. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A PEDLAR OF SMALL-WARES by JOHN SUCKLING POLLY by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS THE CAT OF CATS by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS THE WORLD: A CHILD'S SONG by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS A SHOOTING SONG by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS CLEAN CLARA by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS DOLL POEMS: 3. DRESSING THE DOLL by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS GIPSY JANE by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS LILLIPUT LEVEE by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS LULLABY by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS |
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