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THIS IS A JOY by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: THIS IS A JOY NO LAUGHTER SHAKES
Last Line: LIFE'S SWEETEST BREATH COMES, LATEST.
Subject(s): HAPPINESS; JOY; DELIGHT;
This is a joy no laughter shakes,
Nor shall my body rock;
It hears the Cuckoo's voice in Spring,
And sends no echoes back.
When Music plays, it claps no hands,
To twirl on nimble toes;
It sits as quiet as a bird,
With all its young up close.
It is a joy that reconciles
The smallest with the greatest;
From what I was, and am, until
Life's sweetest breath comes, latest.



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