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Hunting Joy
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| Hunting Joy written by William Henry Davies |
| From "Ambition", 1929 | Link to further information |
How sad a face this Knowledge wears!
How strange is Truth, which none can doubt!
How easy is an Eden made,
How hard to keep the Serpent out!
How easy to create a Joy,
How hard to hold it safe and fast;
Since half the world would hunt it down,
As Fame, or Love, can prove at last.
I'll make my Joy a secret thing,
My face shall wear a mask of care;
And those who hunt a Joy to death,
Shall never know what sport is there!
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