Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ONE BY ONE, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES


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First Line: Few are my friends
Last Line: My friends leave home.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Death; Farewell; Friendship; Dead, The; Parting


Few are my friends,
But kind and true;
One by one,
I lose my few.

Again a friend
Must leave this world;
One by one,
His limbs go cold.

Before the Sun
Has left yon wall,
One by one
The blinds will fall.

My visits change
From house to tomb:
One by one
My friends leave home.





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