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THE SHADOW by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: SHE FLIES FROM MY SHADOW
Last Line: SHE STILL FOLLOWS AFTER!
Subject(s): COURTSHIP; LOVE;
She flies from my shadow,
To her lover, the Sun;
Yet for her rare beauty,
I still follow on.

Her wings tipped with silver,
Jet-black, and of gold,
She flies to her lover,
From a shadow that's cold.

Stay, Butterfly, stay,
My Love's full of laughter:
Why fly from a shadow?
She still follows after!



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