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SCANDAL by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: THIS IS GOD'S POOREST LAMBING-TIME
Last Line: HAS SAID 'GOOD-BYE', AND GONE.
Subject(s): SIN;
This is God's poorest lambing-time,
Our life is one of evil;
Who'll bring me news that's kind and sweet,
Where Mercy shames the devil?
We leap like fleas before we look,
On any sin or lie;
Unless I hear more kindness soon,
I'll laugh until I die.
I'll put this injured Bee to rest,
Safe on a mossy stone —
Till Scandal, blackening all that's white,
Has said 'Good-bye', and gone.



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