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LATE SINGERS by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE SPRING WAS LATE IN COMING, SO
Last Line: WE'LL SING OUR NUMBER THROUGH.
Subject(s): SINGING & SINGERS; TIME; SONGS;

THE Spring was late in coming, so,
Sweet bird, your songs are late:
Have you a certain number, then,
Of verses to create?
If late to start means late to end,
You comfort me, sweet friend.

It was the summer of my life
Ere I began to sing:
Will winter be my summer, then,
As summer was my spring?
No matter how things change their hue,
We'll sing our number through.



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