Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DAISY, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: I know not why thy beauty should Last Line: Share my lost place with the wild green. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Daisies; Flowers | ||||||||
I know not why thy beauty should Remind me of the cold, dark grave -- Thou Flower, as fair as Moonlight, when She kissed the mouth of a black Cave. All other Flowers can coax the Bees, All other Flowers are sought but thee: Dost thou remind them all of Death, Sweet Flower, as thou remindest me? Thou seemest like a blessed ghost, So white, so cold, though crowned with gold; Among these glazed Buttercups, And purple Thistles, rough and bold. When I am dead, nor thought of more, Out of all human memory -- Grow you on my forsaken grave, And win for me a stranger's sigh. A day or two the lilies fade; A month, aye less, no friends are seen: Then, claimant to forgotten graves, Share my lost place with the wild green. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THEY SAW THE PROBLEM by MARK JARMAN SHAKE THE SUPERFLUX! by DAVID LEHMAN THE M??TIER OF BLOSSOMING by DENISE LEVERTOV TANKA DIARY (6) by HARRYETTE MULLEN VARIATIONS: 17 by CONRAD AIKEN A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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