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THE TREASURED THREE by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: HERE WITH MY TREASURED THREE I SIT
Last Line: TO LEAVE THIS LITTLE HOUSE OF JOY?
Subject(s): DEATH; MARRIAGE; PETS; DEAD, THE; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES;
Here with my treasured Three I sit,
Here in my little house of joy,
Sharing one fire, and on one mat:
My wife and my dog, Beauty Boy,
And my black Venus of a cat.

But while they sleep I sit and think:
Will Death take my black Venus first;
Shall I be first, or Beauty Boy,
Or Dinah, whom I love the most --
To leave this little house of joy?



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