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COMBING by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: ALL FOR THE SAKE OF LOVELY DREAMS
Last Line: AM SOMETIMES LEFT WITHOUT A THOUGHT.
Subject(s): DREAMS; NIGHTMARES;
All for the sake of lovely dreams,
I search the World, and everywhere;
I comb the hours for golden thoughts,
As a mermaid combs her hair.
And as she sometimes combs out gold,
That shines like shreds of silk;
That makes the sand she sings on rich,
As cream enriches milk;
And sometimes combs out mud or weeds, All gathered from her miles afloat —
So I, who find a dream at times,
Am sometimes left without a thought.



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