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THE LOAD OF PEARLS by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: WILL NO ONE STOP THAT BLACKBIRD NOW
Last Line: BRINGS DIAMONDS INTO EVERY EYE!
Subject(s): LIFE; PEARLS;

Will no one stop that Blackbird now,
Before he sings himself to death?
Tell him there is no life on earth
Enjoys an everlasting breath.

He sings because a tree in May
Is flower all over, low and high:
A cherry tree, whose load of pearls
Brings diamonds into every eye!



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