Sweet Music

Sweet Music written by William Henry Davies

Nature Poems (1908)

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Ah, Music, it doth sound more sweet
Than rain on crispèd leaves; or when
Beauty doth stroke a kitten rose,
And screams, to feel her fingers then
Scratched by its little claws.

Drowned, Music, in thy waves, I saw
My whole long Past before me go;
Now, rouse me with a merry shout -
Such as charm children, when Winds blow
The light they love clean out.

Laugh thee, sweet Music, like those girls,
When each was fit, but none were wed;
As they did banter a shy boy,
Who could not raise on high his head
And face their wicked joy.

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