Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANGEL AND MYSTERY, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: Lo, I, that once was fear, that hears Last Line: "must rest with god -- he only knows." Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. | ||||||||
LO, I, that once was Fear, that hears His own forgotten breath, and fears The breath of something else is heard -- Am now bold Love, to dare the word; No timid mouse am I, before He'll cross a moonbeam on the floor. So sit thou close, and I will pour Into that rosy shell, thy ear, My deep-sea passion; let me swear There's nothing in the world so fair As thy sweet face that does, and will, Retain its baby roundness still: With those two suns, thine eyes, that keep Their light from clouds till Night brings sleep. Forget my features, only see The soul in them that burns for thee; And never let it cross thy mind That I am ugly for my kind. Although the world may well declare, "One is an angel sweet and fair, But what it is that sits so close Must rest with God -- He only knows." | 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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