Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BOY, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES


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First Line: Go, little boy
Last Line: True joy doth lie.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Boys


Go, little boy,
Fill thee with joy;
For Time gives thee
Unlicensed hours,
To run in fields,
And roll in flowers.

A little boy
Can life enjoy;
If but to see
The horses pass,
When shut indoors
Behind the glass.

Go, little boy,
Fill thee with joy;
Fear not, like man,
The kick of wrath,
That you do lie
In some one's path.

Time is to thee
Eternity,
As to a bird
Or butterfly;
And in that faith
True joy doth lie.





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