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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MIND SPEAKS, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: Poor body, sitting there so calm
Last Line: To act beyond its power.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Cold; Death; Graves; Mind, The; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones
First Line: Poor body, sitting there so calm
Last Line: To act beyond its power.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Cold; Death; Graves; Mind, The; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones
Poor Body, sitting there so calm,
With scarcely any breath—
Are we rehearsing that last act,
When we shall meet with Death?
Our fire of life is burning low,
And we can feel the cold—
Yet we have had a glorious time,
When all our days are told.
Rest, tired Body, rest in peace,
And trust the Mind, this hour:
With thoughts too kind to tempt the flesh
To act beyond its power.
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