Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOW KIND IS SLEEP, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: How kind is sleep, how merciful Last Line: To pierce me till I die. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Sleep | ||||||||
HOW kind is sleep, how merciful: That I last night have seen The happy birds with bosoms pressed Against the leaves so green. Sweet sleep, that made my mind forget My love had gone away; And nevermore I'd touch her soft Warm body, night or day. So, every night deceived by sleep, Let me on roses lie; And leave the thorns of Truth for day, To pierce me till I die. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOU'S SWEET TO YO' MAMMY JES DE SAME by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 3 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 22 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 34 by JAMES JOYCE GOING TO SLEEP by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN THE BLUE NAP by WILLIAM MATTHEWS A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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