Days Too Short
W. H. Davies
1871 to 1940
Track 1
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When primroses are out in Spring,
And small, ______ violets come between;
When merry birds sing on ______ green,
And rills, as soon as born, must sing;
______ butterflies will make side-leaps,
As though escaped from Nature's hand
Ere perfect quite; and bees will stand
______ their heads in fragrant deeps;
When small clouds are ______ silvery white
Each seems a broken rimmèd moon—
When such things are, this world too soon,
For me, doth wear the veil of Night.
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