Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BEGGAR, by JOHANN LUDWIG UHLAND


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First Line: A beggar through the world so wide
Last Line: Shall rise a welcome guest.
Subject(s): Longing; Marriage; Solitude; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Loneliness


A BEGGAR through the world so wide,
I wander all alone;
Yet once a brighter fate was mine,
In days that long have flown.

Within my father's house I grew,
A happy child and free;
But ah! the heritage of want
Is all he left to me.

The gardens of the rich I view,
The fields with bounty spread;
My path is through the fruitless way
Where toil and sorrow tread.

And yet, amidst the joyous throng,
The joys of all I share,
With willing heart I wait, and hide
My secret load of care.

O blessed God! I am not left
An exile from thy love;
On all the world thy smiles descend
In mercy from above.

In every valley still I find
The temples of thy grace,
Where organ notes and choral songs
With music fill the place.

For me the sun, the moon, the stars,
Reveal their holy rays,
And when the vespers call to prayer,
My heart ascends in praise.

Some time I know the gates of bliss
Will open to the blest,
And I, in marriage garments clad,
Shall rise a welcome guest.





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