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SUCCESS by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: SHARPEN YOUR CLAWS, PUSSY-CAT
Last Line: TELL ME — WHY MUST SHE QUARREL?
Subject(s): SUCCESS;
Sharpen your claws, Pussy-cat,
For a bird newly flown;
While a bird cleans its beak
For a snail on a stone.
Powder your face, fair Woman,
Still thinking of Man.
If the cat gets a bird,
She will purr all she can;
If a bird gets a snail,
We shall hear a sweet carol.
When a Woman gets Man,
Tell me — why must she quarrel?



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