Rudolph C. Lehmann
Published: 2018-01-22
Total Pages: 130
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Excerpt from The Vagabond: And Other Poems From Punch But one there was who didn't care, Whatever the furious storm might dare, A wonderful, hook-nosed bright-eyed fellow In a thin brown cape and a cap Of yellow That perched on his dripping coal-black hair. A red scarf set Off his throat and bound him, Crossing his breast, and, winding round him, Flapped at his flank In a red streak dank And his hose were red, with a purple sheen From his tunic's blue, and his shoes were green. He was most outlandishly patched together With ribbons of silk and tags of leather, And chains of silver and buttons of stone, And knobs of amber and polished bone, And a turquoise brooch and a collar of jade, And a belt and a pouch of rich brocade, And a gleaming dagger with inlaid blade And jewelled handle Of burnished gold Rakishly stuck in the red scarf's fold A dress, in short, that might suit a Wizard On a calm warm day In the month of May, But was hardly fit for an autumn blizzard. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.