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