One Token

One Token written by William Henry Davies

From "Secrets", 1924

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The power was given at birth to me
To stare at a rainbow, bird or tree,
   Longer than any man alive;
And from these trances, when they're gone,
My songs of joy come, one by one.

But what I want I cannot have:
One token from beyond the grave,
   That hour I neither dream nor sleep,
To prove death but a veil to hide
Another life on the other side.

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