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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SPOILER, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: When I put out my thought to grass
Last Line: The moment they begin to fall!
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
First Line: When I put out my thought to grass
Last Line: The moment they begin to fall!
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
When I put out my thought to grass
Among the horses, sheep and cows,
And let them run with squirrels, when
They raise a storm in leafy boughs;
When I had dreams of pools and lakes,
The Earth's bright eyes that never close --
There came a man to fill my mind
With all about our dry old laws.
To spoil my dreams of little buds
That smile in March's troubled face;
Of woodnuts, mostly born in twins,
Among the leaves that interlace;
Of babies wearing on each wrist
Bracelets of fat; and toddlers small,
That work their arms, like wings, to fly --
The moment they begin to fall!
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