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JOY by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: POOR SOULS, WHO THINK THAT JOY IS BOUGHT
Last Line: WAKE ME.
Subject(s): HAPPINESS; LIFE; JOY; DELIGHT;
POOR souls, who think that joy is bought
With pelf;
The bait that captures joy is joy
Itself.
My joy it came mysteriously
At birth;
I give it to, not take it from
The earth.
Have pity on my enemy:
Again,
And yet again, my triumph gives
Him pain.
Come, Death, give me life's perfect end;
Take me
In my sleep, Oh Death, and do not
Wake me.



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