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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JOY, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Poor souls, who think that joy is bought Last Line: Wake me. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE STUDY OF HAPPINESS by KENNETH KOCH SO MUCH HAPPINESS by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE CROWD CONDITIONS by JOHN ASHBERY I WILL NOT BE CLAIMED by MARVIN BELL THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#21): 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN'S HAPPINESS by MARVIN BELL A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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