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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN WE FORGET, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: When we forget that nature gives
Last Line: To turn her joy to pain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Immortality
First Line: When we forget that nature gives
Last Line: To turn her joy to pain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Immortality
When we forget that Nature gives
No other home to lovers than
The haunted house of Death —
Let us then call our love immortal,
Nor think we waste our breath.
But Love, still looking for a place
To lean her head against, and sing,
Should never have her childish brain
Vexed by a thought so cold and grave,
To turn her joy to pain.
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