Groat nor Tester

Groat nor Tester written by Walter de la Mare

Peacock Pie (1913)

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 No groat for a supper,
 No tester for a bed:
 Ay, some poor men for taper have
 The light stars shed;
 And some poor men for pillow have
 A mossy wayside stone,
 Beneath a bough where sits and sings
 The night-bird lone;
 And some poor men for coverlid
 Lie 'neath the mists of night --
 Heavy the dew upon their breasts
 At pierce of morning light;
 And some poor men for valance have
 Bracken whose spicy smell
 Haunts the thick stillness of the dark
 And brings sweet dreams as well;
 And some poor men for bellman have
 The farm cocks grey and red --
 Who paid no groat for supper
 Nor had tester for a bed.

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