Bean Is My Shepherd
by PEGGY POND CHURCH
“At times you will feel sure your compass is wrong. The best way to overcome this feeling is to carry two compasses.”— From the Catalogue of L. L. Bean, Spring, 1949.
MY prophet for this modern scene
is L. L. Bean
who through life’s woods in sun or snow
will outfit me to go
in featherweight attire most safely pent
from any element.
is L. L. Bean
who through life’s woods in sun or snow
will outfit me to go
in featherweight attire most safely pent
from any element.
I wear Bean’s shoes upon my either feet,
both waterproof and neat.
I carry all my comforts at my back
in Bean’s approved pack,
and bed myself upon, when I’m all in,
Bean’s rubber tarpaulin.
both waterproof and neat.
I carry all my comforts at my back
in Bean’s approved pack,
and bed myself upon, when I’m all in,
Bean’s rubber tarpaulin.
Armed with Bean’s axe whose most commended grace
is to reflect my face,
dangling Bean’s feathered minnow in my hand,
serene I stand
in this confusèd world, equipped with lure
infallible and sure.
is to reflect my face,
dangling Bean’s feathered minnow in my hand,
serene I stand
in this confusèd world, equipped with lure
infallible and sure.
Naught shall affright me. Have I not Bean’s word
through all dilemmas heard?
Though lost in wilderness my wild surmise
is that Bean’s compass lies
I’ll not despair. The obvious thing to do,
says Bean, is carry two!
through all dilemmas heard?
Though lost in wilderness my wild surmise
is that Bean’s compass lies
I’ll not despair. The obvious thing to do,
says Bean, is carry two!