[ɪ] swinging [ʌ/ ʊ] some [i:] he [əʊ] snow [e/ eə:] end

[ei] trail [ɜː] world [au] out* [æ] black [ɔː/ ɔɪ ] whore*

Servant Boy

He is wintering out

the back-end of a bad year,
swinging a hurricane-lamp
through some outhouse;

a jobber among shadows.
Old work-whore, slave­
blood, who stepped fair-hills
under each bidder's eye

and kept your patience
and your counsel, how
you draw me into

your trail. Your trail

broken from haggard to stable,
a straggle of fodder

stiffened on snow,

comes first-footing

the back doors of the little
barons: resentful

and impenitent,

carrying the warm eggs.