Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, K IS FOR KINGS, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES


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First Line: Love's touch is soft, and death
Last Line: David and solomon.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Variant Title(s): Crowns
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens


Love's touch is soft, and Death
Is gentle, when he takes
A sleeping child's light breath,
Before it wakes;
But neither Death nor Love
Moves softer than I move.
Great is my ecstasy,
Till generous I
For common pence have sold
The world my purest gold.
No man that's blind
Has ears more quick to hear;
No man that's deaf and dumb
Has eyes more sharp and clear.
No wonder then that kings,
Envying the man who sings,
Aspire to wear his crown,
And scorn their own;
No wonder kings aspire
For crowns not made of gold,
Which -- though Time's born a thief --
Escape his hold.
Two kings have won --
David and Solomon.





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