The Vagabond

Robert Louis Stevenson

1850 to 1894

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