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PASSION'S GREED by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: HIS CONSTANT WONDER KEEPS HIM BACK
Last Line: AND ASK OUR FINGERS IF WE BLEED.
HIS constant wonder keeps him back
From flying either far or straight;
Confined by thy great beauty here,
My life is like that butterfly's,
With every source of wonder near.

Let me go burning to my death:
Nothing can come between our minds
To ease me of this passion's greed:
We'll bite each other's necks like dogs,
And ask our fingers if we bleed.



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