Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PROVER, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: If life gives friends Last Line: Had death been coming soon. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
If Life gives friends, 'Tis Death that keeps them true; When living long Time proves them false and few; So Life's a boon When Death is coming soon. Life has no joy Except we cherish some Illusive dream: If Wisdom come, Life were no boon -- Did Death not come more soon. I loved a maid Time has proved false to be; Would Death had come When true that maid to me! Life were a boon Had Death been coming soon. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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