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EARTH LOVE by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: I LOVE THE EARTH THROUGH MY TWO EYES
Last Line: TO SLEEP WITH HIS DEAD LOVE.
I love the earth through my two eyes,
Like any butterfly or bee;
The hidden roots escape my thoughts,
I love but what I see.

A tree has lovely limbs, I know,
Both large and strong, down under earth;
But all my thoughts are in the boughs,
That give the green leaves birth.

My friend, his thought goes deeper down,
Beneath the roots, while mine's above:
He's thinking of a quiet place
To sleep with his dead Love.



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