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W IS FOR WILL by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: IF I SHOULD DIE, THIS HOUSE IS YOURS
Last Line: TO BE REMEMBERED BY.
Subject(s): WILLS;

If I should die, this house is yours,
A little money too:
It's but a poor reward I make,
For all this care from you.

And though you take a second mate,
And think that man the best,
I would not change -- if dead men could --
One word of this bequest.

Would that I could bequeath to you
My joy in Earth and sky --
Worth more than gold or precious stones,
To be remembered by.



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