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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OURSELVES, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: We live to read each other's soul
Last Line: To cast their lightning on my own!
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Self; Soul
First Line: We live to read each other's soul
Last Line: To cast their lightning on my own!
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Self; Soul
We live to read each other's soul –
We dare not read our own for shame!
But since I dare to know myself,
Where I condemn I share the blame.
I know my very seeds of thought,
Before they flower, or leaves are shown:
I see your fault with lazy eyes,
To cast their lightning on my own!
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