Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GOOD FRIENDS, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES


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First Line: I brought two friends to share my fire
Last Line: The other was 'old wine'.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation


I brought two friends to share my fire,
To crack a joke or two;
I kissed one friend, and smacked my lips,
And sighed, as lovers do.
And never think, when I had slept
And, waking, found them gone —
That I abused my absent friends,
To find myself alone.
Now, shall I call my friends by name,
That shared this fire of mine?
Well, one was called 'Young Walnuts', and
The other was 'Old Wine'.





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