The Example

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The Example by William Henry Davies

 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.

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