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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DOLL, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: Dinah is young, and I am old Last Line: A serious woman, by and by. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Love - Age Differences | |||
Dinah is young, and I am old; She takes two cushions to attack Me, and her kisses close my eyes; She combs my hair, that still is black. Ah, my poor child, you do not know The state of your live doll; When you are gone out shopping, he Sits thinking of it all. The cushion-fights will soon be done, He'll need a pillow for his head; And fingers, not your kisses, love, Must close his eyes, when he lies dead. You'll not sit laughing on his knee To comb his hair when white as snow, Or when a few thin hairs remain Of all its tangled blackness now. Blinded by his young spirit, you Can see no signs that he must die: Your doll, my child, will make of you A serious woman, by and by. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GHOST IN THE MARTINI by ANTHONY HECHT THE NIGHT BEFORE FATHER'S DAY by DENISE DUHAMEL PREFERENCE by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES I REMEMBER by FLORENCE MARGARET SMITH A SONG OF A YOUNG LADY TO HER ANCIENT LOVER by JOHN WILMOT FROM A YOUNG WOMAN TO AN OLD OFFICER WHO COURTED HER by ELIZABETH FRANCES AMHERST ON THE MARRIAGE OF A BEAUTEOUS YOUNG GENTLEWOMAN WITH AN ANCIENT MAN by FRANCIS BEAUMONT WHAT CAN A YOUNG LASSIE DO by ROBERT BURNS LINES ON MY NEW CHILD SWEETHEART by THOMAS CAMPBELL A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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