Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SWEET STAY-AT-HOME, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet stay-at-home, sweet, well content Last Line: Not for the knowledge in thy mind. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Contentment; Travel; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
SWEET STAY-AT-HOME, sweet Well-Content, Thou knowest of no strange continent: Thou hast not felt thy bosom keep A gentle motion with the deep; Thou hast not sailed in Indian seas, Where scent comes forth in every breeze. Thou hast not seen a summer's night When maids could sew by a worm's light; Nor the North Sea in spring send out Bright hues that like birds flit about In solid cages of white ice -- Sweet Stay-at-Home, sweet Love-one-Place. Thou hast not seen black fingers pick White cotton when the bloom is thick, Nor heard black throats in harmony; Nor hast thou sat on stones that lie Flat on the earth, that once did rise To hide proud kings from common eyes. Thou hast not seen plains full of bloom Where green things had such little room They pleased the eye like fairer flowers -- Sweet Stay-at-Home, all these long hours. Sweet Well-Content, sweet Love-one-Place, Sweet, simple maid, bless thy dear face; For thou hast made more homely stuff Nurture thy gentle self enough; I love thee for a heart that's kind -- Not for the knowledge in thy mind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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