Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern British Poetry. 1920.
William H. Davies18711940Days Too Short
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And small, blue violets come between;
When merry birds sing on boughs green,
And rills, as soon as born, must sing;
As though escaped from Nature’s hand
Ere perfect quite; and bees will stand
Upon their heads in fragrant deeps;
Each seems a broken rimmèd moon—
When such things are, this world too soon,
For me, doth wear the veil of Night.