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BEGGAR'S LUCK by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHERE DID YOU SLEEP IN THE COUNTRY, LAD?
Last Line: AND DROVE ME AWAY WITH STONES.'
Subject(s): BEGGING & BEGGARS; ENVIRONMENT; FIELDS; HOMELESS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION; PASTURES; MEADOWS; LEAS;
Where did you sleep in the Country, Lad?
'It was a field of hay.'
Did you sleep soundly there, and well?
'Till after break of day.'

Where did you sleep in the City, Lad –
Where did you rest your bones?
'They gave me neither straw nor feather,
And drove me away with stones.'



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