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THIS BANTAM STAR by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: IS THIS THE BLACKBIRD'S RICHEST SONG
Last Line: CAN MATCH THIS LITTLE BANTAM STAR!'
Subject(s): MUSIC & MUSICIANS; SINGING & SINGERS; STARS; SONGS;

Is this the Blackbird's richest song –
Is this his greatest hour?
And still the Bee stands on his head
To suck his sweetest flower;
While I, a poet with my pen,
Make music only known to men.

How merrily this bantam world
Can clap his wings and crow!
Is there a merrier world than this?
'No,' says the Blackbird – 'No!
No other worlds, though bigger far,
Can match this little bantam star!'



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