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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PLANTS AND MEN, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: You berries once
Last Line: Of plants and men.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Plants; Planting; Planters
First Line: You berries once
Last Line: Of plants and men.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Plants; Planting; Planters
You berries once,
In early hours,
Were pretty buds,
And then fair flowers.
Drop, drop at once,
Your life is done;
You cannot feel
The dew or sun.
We are the same,
First buds, then flowers;
Hard berries then,
In our last hours.
Sweet buds, fair flowers,
Hard berries then --
Such is the life
Of plants and men.
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