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Death's Game
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| The Philosophical Beggar written by William Henry Davies |
| From "Farewell to Poesy", 1910 | Link to further information |
Death can but play one game with me -
If I do live alone;
He cannot strike me a foul blow
Through a beloved one.
To-day he takes my neighbour’s wife,
And leaves a little child
To lie upon his breast and cry
Like the Night-wind, so wild.
And every hour its voice is heard -
Tell me where is she gone!
Death cannot play that game with me -
If I do live alone.
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