The Treasured Three

The Treasured Three written by William Henry Davies

From "Later Days", 1925

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Here with my treasured Three I sit,
Here in my little house of joy,
Sharing one fire, and on one mat:
My wife and my dog, Beauty Boy,
And my black Venus of a cat.

But while they sleep I sit and think;
Will Death take my black Venus first;
Shall I be first, or Beauty Boy,
Or Dinah, whom I love the most -
To leave this little house of joy?

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