Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SEED AND FLOWER, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: The seed-time of this lovely life Last Line: A thousand years and more! Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Flowers; Love | ||||||||
The seed-time of this lovely life, So long, so long ago; Before it grew and came to flower No man shall ever know. How long it lay within this Earth, We shall not understand; We can but guess from whence it came, And Bless the Vanished Hand. We'll never know the seed, my Love, But here's a life in flower To kiss and smell, and call it sweet A thousand years and more! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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