This Bantam Star

This Bantam Star written by William Henry Davies

From "Ambition", 1929

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Is this the Blackbird's richest song -
Is this his greatest hour?
And still the Bee stands on his head
To suck his sweetest flower;
While I, a poet with my pen,
Make music only known to men.

How merrily this bantam world
Can clap his wings and crow!
Is there a merrier world than this?
'No.' says the Blackbird - 'No!
No other worlds, though bigger far,
Can match this little bantam star!'

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