The Peacemaker

The Peacemaker written by William Henry Davies

From "Love Poems" (1935)

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When she threatened to leave me,
And I, full of evil,
Cried 'Hoi, tiddlee, hoi,
Here's work for the devil! —'

With a sharp, single cry,
With a quick, sudden burst,
Up sat our little blind dog,
And begged to be nursed.

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