Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SUN, TREE AND CROW, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES



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First Line: There, on a branch, he stands alone
Last Line: And gives it to that old, black crow!
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Birds; Crows


There, on a branch, he stands alone,
And, dangling from his knotted claws,
His prize -- a little, trembling eye!
Shall we exult at last,
To see this power -- that once was Earth's --
No longer held by any sky?

The power that once was Heaven's is changed,
It comes to Earth, it comes to Earth --
What mercy shall we show!
Our leaves, our common leaves have caught
The Sun's great eye, all shrunk and small --
And gives it to that old, black crow!





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