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Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern British Poetry. 1920.

William H. Davies1871–1940

The Example

HERE’S an example from

A Butterfly;

That on a rough, hard rock

Happy can lie;

Friendless and all alone

On this unsweetened stone.

Now let my bed be hard,

No care take I;

I’ll make my joy like this

Small Butterfly;

Whose happy heart has power

To make a stone a flower.