Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LET ME CONFESS, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: Let me confess, before I die Last Line: Who saw his fellows starve for bread. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. | ||||||||
LET me confess, before I die, I sing for gold enough to buy A little house with leafy eyes That open to the Southern skies; Where I, in peace from human strife, Will wish no Lazarus brought to life. Around my garden I will see More wild flowers than are known to me; With those white hops, whose children are Big, heavy casks of ale and beer; And little apples, from whose womb Barrels of lusty cider come. Good food, and ale that's strong in brew, And wine, I'll have; clear water too, From a deep well, where it doth lie Shining as small as my own eye. And any friend may come to share What comfort I am keeping there; For though my sins are many, one Shall not be mine, when my life's done: A fortune saved by one that's dead, Who saw his fellows starve for bread. | 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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