Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHILDREN AT PLAY, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: I hear a merry noise indeed Last Line: Snowflakes shall be your butterflies. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Children; Play; Childhood | ||||||||
I HEAR a merry noise indeed: Is it the geese and ducks that take Their first plunge in a quiet pond That into scores of ripples break -- Or children make this merry sound? I see an oak tree, its strong back Could not be bent an inch, though all Its leaves were stone, or iron even: A boy, with many a lusty call, Rides on a bough bareback through Heaven. I see two children dig a hole And plant in it a cherry-stone: "We'll come to-morrow," one child said -- "And then the tree will be full-grown, And all its boughs have cherries red." Ah, children, what a life to lead: You love the flowers, but when they're past No flowers are missed by your bright eyes; And when cold winter comes at last, Snowflakes shall be your butterflies. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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