Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SWEET CHILD, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES


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First Line: Sweet child, thou wast my bird by day
Last Line: Is gone, for ever gone.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


Sweet child, thou wast my bird by day,
My bird that never failed in song;
That on my bosom wast a bee,
And layst there all night long:

No more I'll hear thy voice at noon,
For Death has pierced thee with a thorn;
No more thou'lt sleep upon my breast,
And trample it at morn.

Then break, oh break, poor empty cage,
The bird is dead, thy use is done;
And die, poor plant, for your sweet bee
Is gone, for ever gone.





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