The Pond

The Pond written by William Henry Davies

From "Secrets", 1924

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So innocent, so quiet - yet
   That glitter in the water's eye
Has some strange meaning there, I fear;
   Did waves run wild and butt this bank
With their curled horns, when it happened here?

Beneath these heart-shaped lily-leaves,
   In water, lies a broken heart:
And one white lily in this place -
   In this deep, silent, leaf-bound pond -
Is that dead woman's upturned face.

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