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THIS GREEN ORCHARD by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE HEALTHIEST PLACE FOR LOVE IS HERE
Last Line: BE POORER IN OUR BLISS?
Subject(s): HEARTS; LOVE; PASSION;

The healthiest place for Love is here,
And not in any room;
Out in this old, green orchard, with The apple trees in bloom.

For here we see no idle hooks,
No empty shelf or box,
To set Love's thoughts on sable scarves,
Or stoles of silver fox.

The first sweet lovers known to life,
Had nothing more than this:
Shall we, far richer, when compared,
Be poorer in our bliss?



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