Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DOWN UNDERGROUND, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: What work is going on down underground Last Line: Without a sound -- without the faintest sound. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. | ||||||||
What work is going on down underground, Without a sound -- without the faintest sound! The worms have found the place where Beauty lies, And, entering into her two sparkling eyes, Have dug their diamonds up; her soft breasts that Had roses without thorns, are now laid flat; They find a nest more comfortable there, Than any bird could make, in her long hair; Where they can teach their young, from thread to thread, To leap on her white body, from her head. This work is going on down underground, Without a sound -- without the faintest sound. | 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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