Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ONE TOKEN, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES


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First Line: The power was given at birth to me
Last Line: Another life on the other side.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Future Life; Retribution; Eternity; After Life


The power was given at birth to me
To stare at a rainbow, bird or tree,
Longer than any man alive;
And from these trances, when they're gone,
My songs of joy come, one by one.

But what I want I cannot have:
One token from beyond the grave,
That hour I neither dream nor sleep,
To prove death but a veil to hide
Another life on the other side.





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