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THE BIRTH OF SONG by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: I AM AS CERTAIN OF MY SONG
Last Line: COME PERFECT TO THE LIGHT.
Subject(s): SINGING & SINGERS; SONGS;
I am as certain of my song,
When first it warms my brain,
As woman of her unborn child,
Or wind that carries rain.
The child and rain are born at last,
Though now concealed from sight —
So let my song, unshaped and crude,
Come perfect to the light.



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