Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THIS IS A JOY, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES


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First Line: This is a joy no laughter shakes
Last Line: Life's sweetest breath comes, latest.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Happiness; Joy; Delight


This is a joy no laughter shakes,
Nor shall my body rock;
It hears the Cuckoo's voice in Spring,
And sends no echoes back.
When Music plays, it claps no hands,
To twirl on nimble toes;
It sits as quiet as a bird,
With all its young up close.
It is a joy that reconciles
The smallest with the greatest;
From what I was, and am, until
Life's sweetest breath comes, latest.





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