Days Too Short
W. H. Davies
1871 to 1940
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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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When such things are, this world too soon,
When primroses are out in Spring,
When butterflies will make side-leaps,
Upon their heads in fragrant deeps;
As though escaped from Nature's hand
And small, blue violets come between;
For me, doth wear the veil of Night.
Ere perfect quite; and bees will stand
When merry birds sing on boughs green,
Each seems a broken rimmèd moon—
And rills, as soon as born, must sing;
When small clouds are so silvery white