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BEAUTY AND SONG by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE PEACOCK, THAT FINE-FEATHERED BIRD
Last Line: TO KEEP IT SWEET AND KIND.
Subject(s): BIRDS; LOVE; ROBINS; SINGING & SINGERS; SONGS;

The Peacock, that fine-feathered bird,
Has but a screeching voice;
The Robin, with a lovely breast,
Sings once, and quarrels twice.

I married you for youth and beauty,
The first to please my mind;
And found Love's strength was in her voice —
To keep it sweet and kind.



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