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PEACE AND REST by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: UNDER THIS TREE, WHERE LIGHT AND SHADE
Last Line: AND THE SUN'S AT THE END OF HIS GOLD.
Subject(s): PEACE;
Under this tree, where light and shade
Speckle the grass like a Thrush's breast,
Here, in this green and quiet place,
I give myself to peace and rest.

The peace of my contented mind,
That is to me a wealth untold –
When the Moon has no more silver left,
And the Sun's at the end of his gold.



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