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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THIS WORLD, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: Who dreams a sweeter life than this Last Line: Them by the body's gluttony. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. | |||
Who dreams a sweeter life than this, To stand and stare, when at this fence, Back into those dumb creatures' eyes, And think we have their innocence -- Our looks as open as the skies. Lambs with their legs and noses black, Whose woolly necks, so soft and white, Can take away the children's breath; Who'd strangle them in their delight -- And calves they'd worry half to death. This world's too full of those dull men Who ne'er advance from that first state Which opens mouth before the eye; Who, when they think of dumb things, rate Them by the body's gluttony. | 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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