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A MAY MORNING by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE SKY IS CLEAR
Last Line: ALL THOUGHTS FOR GLADNESS.
Subject(s): MAY (MONTH);
The sky is clear,
The sun is bright:
The cows are red,
The sheep are white;
Trees in the meadows
Make happy shadows.

Birds in the hedge
Are perched and sing;
Swallows and larks
Are on the wing:
Two merry cuckoos
Are making echoes.

Bird and the beast
Have the dew yet;
My road shines dry,
Theirs bright and wet;
Death gives no warning
On this May morning.

I see no Christ
Nailed on a tree
Dying for sin;
No sin I see:
No thoughts for sadness,
All thoughts for gladness.



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