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LET LOVE LIVE ON by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: LOVE IS THE PRECIOUS JEWEL IN OUR LIFE
Last Line: WHAT KIND OF MAN HER HUSBAND AND OUR KING.
Subject(s): HEARTS; LOVE;

Love is the precious jewel in our Life,
The sweetest thing this Earth has ever known,
Found in a labourer's cottage, on a stool,
Then in a palace, sitting on a throne.
She lets no Knowledge cloud our mortal hours,
Or cast its shadows on her glorious eyes;
All hope of Life immortal after Death
Springs out of Love's abiding qualities.
Love judges neither blood, nor pomp, nor state,
She questions for its @3heart@1 each living thing:
What kind of woman is our English queen,
What kind of man her husband and our king.



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