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THE LILY OF OUR VALLEY by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: ONCE ON A TIME, IN PONTYPOOL
Last Line: SALLY, THE LILY OF OUR VALLEY!'
Subject(s): SINGING & SINGERS; SONGS;
Once on a time, in Pontypool,
There lived a maid, all beautiful;
And every time she went abroad,
The people cried, with one accord —
'Here comes our Sweetest, lovely Sally!
Sally, the Lily of our Valley!'

As sweet as any nut put by,
Selected by a Squirrel's eye;
As pure as any drop of dew
A bird drinks, after looking through —
No wonder every voice cried 'Sally!
Sally, the Lily of our Valley!'



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