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THE SUPPER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: SINCE MUSIC IS LOVE'S MILK AND KEEPS HIM STRONG
Last Line: HAS FIXED ON ME HIS LARGE, UNWAVERING EYES.
Subject(s): BABIES; LOVE; PATERNITY; INFANTS;
Since music is Love's milk and keeps him strong,
Give him his supper, let the feast last long;
Let it begin like thunder, with a power
That in mid-June our nightingales adore.

Then let it come to whispers, low and deep,
As a dreaming Bee that buzzes in his sleep;
While Love's small head, that on your shoulder lies,
Has fixed on me his large, unwavering eyes.



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