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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SHADOW, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES
First Line: She flies from my shadow
Last Line: She still follows after!
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Courtship; Love
First Line: She flies from my shadow
Last Line: She still follows after!
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Courtship; Love
She flies from my shadow,
To her lover, the Sun;
Yet for her rare beauty,
I still follow on.
Her wings tipped with silver,
Jet-black, and of gold,
She flies to her lover,
From a shadow that's cold.
Stay, Butterfly, stay,
My Love's full of laughter:
Why fly from a shadow?
She still follows after!
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