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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POND, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: So innocent, so quiet - yet
Last Line: Is that dead woman's upturned face.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Drowning; Lakes; Pools; Ponds
First Line: So innocent, so quiet - yet
Last Line: Is that dead woman's upturned face.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Drowning; Lakes; Pools; Ponds
So innocent, so quiet -- yet
That glitter in the water's eye
Has some strange meaning there, I fear;
Did waves run wild and butt this bank
With their curled horns, when it happened here!
Beneath these heart-shaped lily-leaves,
In water, lies a broken heart:
And one white lily in this place --
In this deep, silent, leaf-bound pond --
Is that dead woman's upturned face.
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