Dreamers

Dreamers written by William Henry Davies

From "My Birds", 1933

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There was a poet once who died,
His casement opened wide;
With his two hands he clasped his book,
And died with his last look
Fixed on the brightest star -
How great some poets are!
I too have my ambitious end,
With one green leaf in either hand -
And save the small breast-feather
Of a little bird for the other!

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