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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
S IS FOR SWIMMER, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: When I had crossed the hill at last
Last Line: Above me, clutching at the sun!'
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Swimming & Swimmers
First Line: When I had crossed the hill at last
Last Line: Above me, clutching at the sun!'
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Swimming & Swimmers
When I had crossed the hill at last,
And reached the water's brink,
'For once, in all my life,' thought I --
'I'll swim in water fit to drink.
'In this calm lake, so clear and pure,
Which has no weeds or thorns,
I'll send a thousand small blue waves
To butt the rocks with milk-white horns.
'I'll laugh and splash till, out of breath,
My life is almost done;
And all that's left is one wild hand
Above me, clutching at the Sun!'
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