The Vagabond
Robert Louis Stevenson
1850 to 1894
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Give to me the life I love,
Let ______ lave go by me,
Give the jolly heaven above
And the byway nigh me.
Bed in the bush ______ stars to see,
Bread I dip in the ______ --
There's the life for a man like me,
There's the life for ever.
Let the blow fall ______ or late,
Let what will be o'er me;
______ the face of earth around
And the road ______ me.
Wealth I seek not, hope nor love,
______ a friend to know me;
All I seek, the ______ above
And the road below me.
Or let ______ fall on me
Where afield I linger,
Silencing ______ bird on tree,
Biting the blue finger;
White ______ meal the frosty field --
Warm the fireside ______ --
Not to autumn will I yield,
Not ______ winter even!
Let the blow fall soon or late,
Let what will be o'er me;
Give the face ______ earth around,
And the road before me.
Wealth ______ ask not, hope, nor love,
Nor a friend ______ know me.
All I ask, the heaven above
______ the road below me.