The Muse

The Muse written by William Henry Davies

Nature Poems (1908)

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I have no ale,
No wine I want;
No ornaments,
My meat is scant.

No maid is near,
I have no wife;
But here's my pipe
And, on my life:

With it to smoke,
And woo the Muse,
To be a king
I would not choose.

But I crave all,
When she does fail -
Wife, ornaments,
Meat, wine and ale.

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