One Poet Visits Another

One Poet Visits Another written by William Henry Davies

From "My Birds", 1933

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His car was worth a thousand pounds and more,
A tall and glossy black silk hat he wore;
His clothes were pressed, like pretty leaves, when they
Are found in Bibles closed for many a day;
Until the birds I love dropped something that -
As white as milk, but thick as any cream -
Went pit, pit, pat! Right on his lovely hat!
  * * *
Lead this unhappy poet to his car -
Where is his longing now, where his desire?
When left alone, I'll ride him to his grave,
On my own little horse of wind and fire.

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