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THE OLD HILLS'-MAN AND HIS TRUCK - ZaunköniG - 31.12.2010
THE OLD HILLS'-MAN AND HIS TRUCK.
How oft I met the old hills'-man and his truck,
Gleaning the refuse of that mountain-road !
How oft he stopp'd to chat and bless his luck,
Or talk how much to Providence he owed !
Fresh was his fancy, and his heart was full ;
His long-plied shovel had its own romance
For him, and every varying circumstance
Of earth and sky forbad him to be dull :
How oft he fish'd his treasure from the crest
Of rain-fed gullies, hurrying to the west
In the wild sunshine, when the storm went by,
Or came on earlier fortunes, in the eye
Of rosy morn, the roadster's first supply ;
Gay at all hours, and ever on the quest !