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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CHILD'S FANCY, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: His chin went up and down, and chewed at nothing
Last Line: The wonderful strange sight he might have been.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Imagination; Fancy
First Line: His chin went up and down, and chewed at nothing
Last Line: The wonderful strange sight he might have been.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Imagination; Fancy
His chin went up and down, and chewed at nothing,
His back was bent – the man was old and tired;
Toothless and frail, he hobbled on his way,
Admiring nothing, and by none admired;
Unless it was that child, with eager eyes,
Who stared amazed to see so strange a man,And hobbled home himself, with
shoulders raised
Trying to make his chin go up and down;
Unless it was that much affected child,
With rounded shoulders, like the old man seen –
Who asked his mother why he was not made
The wonderful strange sight he might have been.
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