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First Line: Give me the poet's life divine
Last Line: His life is still divine.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


Give me the poet's life divine,
For ever fresh and young;
The only hours that vex his soul
Are hours that give no song;
If he but can,
A homeless man,
Turn suffering into songs divine --
That poet's life is still divine,
His life is still divine.

If but the Muse will help his soul
To sing a grief that's wild,
No faithless spouse can pull him down,
Nor disobedient child;
Let her but prove
His faithful love,
To sing his cares in songs divine --
That poet's life is still divine,
His life is still divine.





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