The Boy

The Boy written by William Henry Davies

Nature Poems (1908)

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Go, little boy,
Fill thee with joy;
  For Time gives thee
Unlicensed hours,
  To run in fields,
And roll in flowers.

A little boy
Can life enjoy;
  If but to see
The horses pass,
  When shut indoors
Behind the glass.

Go, little boy,
Fill thee with joy;
  Fear not, like man,
The kick of wrath,
  That you do lie
In some one's path.

Time is to thee
Eternity,
  As to a bird
Or butterfly;
  And in that faith
True joy doth lie.

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