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OLD ACQUAINTANCE by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: THY WATER, ALTERYN
Last Line: AND FAIR AS CHILDHOOD -- STILL?
Subject(s): YOUTH;

Thy water, Alteryn,
Shines brighter through my tears,
With childhood in my mind:
So will it shine when age
Has made me almost blind.
How canst thou look so young
On my fast changing flesh
And brooding cares that kill --
Oh, you sweet witch as fresh
And fair as childhood -- still?



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