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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DOUBTFUL ONE, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: When tigers flee from fire, the deer Last Line: Who for his life clings hand and foot. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. | |||
When tigers flee from fire, the deer Have nothing but that fire to fear; So, driven by Love's flames I see No danger save thy cruelty. Let not thy breast, to which I fly For pity's milk, be hard and dry: Let not thy heart, to which I come, Refuse my homeless life a home. Now, wrecked and cuffed by many a sea, I swim for safety unto thee; Let not sharp rocks that poor wretch cut, Who for his life clings hand and foot. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CHILD'S PET by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES A MOTHER TO HER SICK CHILD by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES A STRANGE MEETING by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES A THOUGHT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES ADVICE by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES APRIL'S LAMBS by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES BIRD AND BROOK by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES COWSLIPS AND LARKS by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES DAYS TOO SHORT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES EARLY MORN by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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