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The Ways of Time
| The Ways of Time written by William Henry Davies |
| New Poems (1907) | Link to further information |
As butterflies are but winged flowers,
Half sorry for their change, who fain,
So still and long they lie on leaves,
Would be thought flowers again -
E'en so my thoughts, that should expand,
And grow to higher themes above,
Return like butterflies to lie
On the old things I love.
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