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THE MILKMAN by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: EARLY IN THE MORNING, WHEN THE DAWN IS ON THE ROOFS
Last Line: AND HANG MY REINS UPON A HOOK, AS I'VE SEEN CASEY DO.
Subject(s): MILK; MILKMEN; MILKMAIDS;

EARLY in the morning, when the dawn is on the roofs,
You hear his wheels come rolling, you hear his horse's hoofs;
You hear the bottles clinking, and then he drives away:
You yawn in bed, turn over, and begin another day!

The old-time dairy maids are dear to every poet's heart --
I'd rather be the dairy @3man@1 and drive a little cart,
And bustle round the village in the early morning blue,
And hang my reins upon a hook, as I've seen Casey do.



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