Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE ROCK, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES



Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

THE ROCK, by                 Poet Analysis    
First Line: Love kissed me in a strange, untruthful hour
Last Line: Shook faster than a lamb's tail, in its singing.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.


Love kissed me in a strange, untruthful hour,
All for a smiling lip and shining eye;
Not knowing that my thoughts were far from her,
Set on a wonder in the years gone by.
It was the vision of a mighty rock
That faced the East, across Long Island Sound;
From which a hundred tongues of water burst,
And sang me into slumber on the ground.
And how I, waking in the night-time, saw
A large, white butterfly of moonlight clinging
To that rock's forehead, while each silver tongue
Shook faster than a lamb's tail, in its singing.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...



Home: PoetryExplorer.net