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LOOKS by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHAT KNOWLEDGE DO MY EARS PROVIDE
Last Line: STIRS TO HER TREACHERY.
Subject(s): BOOKS; EYES; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; SIGHT; READING;
What knowledge do my Ears provide,
What do I learn from books?
I trust my Eyes for what I think,
And feed on silent looks.

The things I hear with my two Ears
Still cry aloud for proof;
But what I see with my two Eyes
Must be the very truth.

The woman that's behind my back,
To hide her looks from me—
Knows not the face of him I watch
Stirs to her treachery.



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