What sweet, what happy days had I, When dreams made Time Et… - W. H. Davies

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What sweet, what happy days had I,
When dreams made Time Eternity!

W. H. Davies

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William Henry Davies (3 July 1871 – 26 September 1940) was a Welsh poet and writer. He spent many years as a tramp in the United States and United Kingdom but became known as one of the most popular poets of his time. He was admired by George Bernard Shaw, who wrote the preface of his autobiography, The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp (1908).

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