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Beggar's Luck

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Beggar's Luck
written by William Henry Davies
From "My Garden", 1933 Link to further information




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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