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# Harry Kemp

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Harry Hibbard Kemp was an American poet and prose writer of the twentieth century. He was known as the "Vagabond Poet", the "Villon of America", the "Hobo Poet", or the "Tramp Poet", and was a well-known popular literary figure of his era, the "hero of adolescent Americans."

##  Quotes by Harry Kemp

> [The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is without a dream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-kemp/the-poor-man-is-not-he-who-is-without-a-cent-but-he-who-is-without-a/)

[Harry Kemp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-kemp/)

[Cent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cent/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b76/harry-kemp-72718_dream_the-poor-man-is-not-he-who-is-without-a_1156759.jpg)

> [And wilt thou sing the shadowy hosts that never march again?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-kemp/and-wilt-thou-sing-the-shadowy-hosts-that-never-march-again/)

[Harry Kemp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-kemp/)

[Host](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/host/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44f/harry-kemp-72718_host_and-wilt-thou-sing-the-shadowy-hosts-tha_1808199.jpg)

> [Where the vast cloudless sky was broken by one crow I sat upon a hill - all alone - long ago; But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-kemp/where-the-vast-cloudless-sky-was-broken-by-one-crow-i-sat-upon-a-hill/)

[Harry Kemp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-kemp/)

[All alone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/all-alone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a2/harry-kemp-72718_all-alone_where-the-vast-cloudless-sky-was-broken_2744987.jpg)

> [I pitied him in his blindness But can I boast, "I see?" Perhaps there walks a spirit Close by, who pities me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-kemp/i-pitied-him-in-his-blindness-but-can-i-boast-i-see-perhaps-there/)

[Harry Kemp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-kemp/)

[Blindness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blindness/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/671/harry-kemp-72718_blindness_i-pitied-him-in-his-blindness-but-can-i_2991195.jpg)

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