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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TWO CHILDREN, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: Ah, little boy! I see
Last Line: The girl that knits her shroud.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
First Line: Ah, little boy! I see
Last Line: The girl that knits her shroud.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
'Ah, little boy! I see
You have a wooden spade.
Into this sand you dig
So deep -- for what?' I said.
'There's more rich gold,' said he,
'Down under where I stand,
Than twenty elephants
Could move across the land.'
'Ah, little girl with wool! --
What are you making now?'
'Some stockings for a bird,
To keep his legs from snow.'
And there those children are,
So happy, small, and proud:
The boy that digs his grave,
The girl that knits her shroud.
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