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James Whitcomb Riley - The Curse Of The Wandering FootJames Whitcomb Riley - The Curse Of The Wandering Foot
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All hope of rest withdrawn me?--     What dread command hath put   This awful curse upon me--     The curse of the wandering foot!   Forward and backward and thither,     And hither and yon again--   Wandering ever!  And whither?     Answer them, God!  Amen.   The blue skies are far o`er me---     The bleak fields near below:   Where the mother that bore me?--     Where her grave in the snow?--   Glad in her trough of a coffin--     The sad eyes frozen shut   That wept so often, often,     The curse of the wandering foot!   Here in your marts I care not     Whatsoever ye think.   Good folk many who dare not     Give me to eat and drink:   Give me to sup of your pity--     Feast me on prayers!--O ye,   Met I your Christ in the city     He would fare forth with me--   Forward and onward and thither,     And hither again and yon,   With milk for our drink together     And honey to feed upon--   Nor hope of rest withdrawn us,     Since the one Father put   The blessed curse upon us--     The curse of the wandering foot.
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