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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CAVE, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: Once, in that cave, I heard my breath
Last Line: Back to the open light and home.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Caves; Caverns
First Line: Once, in that cave, I heard my breath
Last Line: Back to the open light and home.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Caves; Caverns
Once, in that cave, I heard my breath:
I heard my breath, as cowards do,
And guilty men; or misers, when
They sort their old coins from the new.
Tread softly there: in there a sigh
Has left a heavy groan behind;
Each whisper turns to thunder, and
A whistle to a gale of wind;
Hold tight your breath, nor cry for help
Where, though you perish, none may come:
And softly creep, before you're crazed,
Back to the open light and home.
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