Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PAST AND PRESENT, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES


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First Line: I who have seen a tiny cloud
Last Line: Scratched by a little pin or thorn.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Drowning; Sea Voyages


I who have seen a tiny cloud,
No bigger than my Lady's puff,
Powder the Heavens with miles of soot,
And make the seas all wild and rough;

I who have seen that speck at last
Sink half a fleet and drown its men,
With waves, like eagles, swooping down
To carry off both sheep and pen;

I who have felt and seen all this,
And trained my thoughts to quiet scorn —
Am still the man to dress Love's finger,
Scratched by a little pin or thorn.





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