Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BEAUTY AND SONG, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES



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First Line: The peacock, that fine-feathered bird
Last Line: To keep it sweet and kind.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Birds; Love; Robins; Singing & Singers; Songs


The Peacock, that fine-feathered bird,
Has but a screeching voice;
The Robin, with a lovely breast,
Sings once, and quarrels twice.

I married you for youth and beauty,
The first to please my mind;
And found Love's strength was in her voice —
To keep it sweet and kind.





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