The dustman

At night when everyone’s asleep
It must be very late! I creep
Softly down the darkened stairs
To the big room where we have prayers,
And, standing at the window,
I watch the Dustman going by.
Perched up on his high seat he looks
Like charioteers in those old books,
And his long coat, when the lights are dim,
Makes funny shadows all over him.

by Seumas O'Sullivan (1879-1958) , "The dustman", from The Rosses and Other Poems, published 1918

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by Ernest John Moeran (1894-1950) , "The dustman", subtitle: "Child's fancy", published 1946 [high or medium voice and piano], from Six Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan, no. 4.

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