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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WITNESS, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: The witness to my document
Last Line: As a little child from prayer.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Prayer
First Line: The witness to my document
Last Line: As a little child from prayer.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Prayer
The witness to my document
Was called a woman of shame;
She takes my pen, and lifts her clothes,
To kneel, and write her name.
With head bowed down, on bended knees,
She kneels before my chair;
And, writing slowly, rises up —
As a little child from prayer.
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