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Ambition, and Other Poems

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Ambition, and Other Poems (1929)
by William Henry Davies
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AMBITION

and Other Poems

BY THE SAME AUTHOR
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMPTHE ADVENTURES OF JOHNNY WALKERDANCING MADLATER DAYSCOLLECTED POEMSFAREWELL TO POESYTHE HOUR OF MAGICA SONG OF LIFESECRETSTHE SONG OF LOVEA POET'S ALPHABETA POET'S CALENDAREtc.

AMBITION

and Other Poems

W. H. DAVIES

LONDON: JONATHAN CAPE

FIRST PUBLISHED MCMXXIX

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY

BUTLER & TANNER LTD

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Contents

Page
Friends Unborn 7
The Richest Stones 8
This Bantam Star 8
If Love Survives 9
Hand or Mouth 10
Ambition 11
For Sale 12
Birthdays 13
Uncertainty 14
Charity 15
A Dream of Winter 16
A Child's Fancy 17
Wild Blossoms 18
A Silver Wonder 19
Peace and Rest 19
Moss and Feather 20
Pot and Kettle 21
Eyes and Ears 22
The Blest 23
The Idiot 24
Letters 25
Day or Night 26
Hunting Joy 27
A Young Thrush 28
Born of Tears 29
Heaven and Earth 30
In Winter 31
My Life's Example 32

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