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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE'S RIVALS, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: What glorious sunsets have their birth Last Line: Or greed a brighter eye. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Love | |||
What glorious sunsets have their birth In Cities fouled by smoke! This tree — whose roots are in a drain — Becomes the greenest Oak! No hand's more gentle than a thief's, Greed has the brightest eyes; And by their straight, clear, honest looks, Great villains live on lies! Yet Love, whose source is sweet and pure, Still makes no question why A thief should have more gentle hands, Or Greed a brighter eye. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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