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SPEED by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: THINK, MAN OF FLESH, AND BE NOT PROUD
Last Line: CATCH UP WITH YOU AT LAST.
Subject(s): MANKIND; HUMAN RACE;
Think, Man of Flesh, and be not proud
That you can fly so fast:
The little Worm can creep, creep, creep,
And catch you up at last —
Catch up with you at last.

Though you outfly the swiftest bird,
And laugh as you go past,
Think how the Worm comes, creep, creep, creep,
To catch you up at last —
Catch up with you at last.



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