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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SHOOTING-STARS, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: A little porch with roof and sides
Last Line: And thinking of her own.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Stars
First Line: A little porch with roof and sides
Last Line: And thinking of her own.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Stars
A little porch with roof and sides
Cobwebbed by overhanging leaves,
Led into that old woman's house;
The lattice windows almost blind
From heavy, leafy brows.
'Each time we see a shooting-star,
A child is born on earth,' she said;
'Six stars were mine, six children born,
But all my little chicks are dead.'
Eyes budded like a cat's by day,
They only showed sufficient light
To keep her little house all clean --
And flowered full large at night.
For well it pleased that poor old soul
To see the stars give children birth,
Sitting, inside her porch, alone;
Counting those babes, if any came,
And thinking of her own.
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