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The Battle

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The Battle
écrit par William Henry Davies
Nature Poems (1908) Link to further information




There was a battle in her face,
  Between a Lily and a Rose:
My Love would have the Lily win
  And I the Lily lose.

I saw with joy that strife, first one,
  And then the other uppermost;
Until the Rose roused all its blood,
  And then the Lily lost.

When she's alone, the Lily rules,
  By her consent, without mistake:
But when I come that red Rose leaps
  To battle for my sake.

Cette œuvre est dans le domaine public dans les pays où la durée des droits d’auteur s’étend jusqu’à 70 ans ou moins après la mort de l’auteur.