Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WILD CREATURES, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES


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First Line: They say wild creatures hide themselves
Last Line: And one small row of clean, white bones?
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Nature; Poetry & Poets


They say wild creatures hide themselves.
And seek a quiet place to die:
Would that my end were such as theirs,
So strange, so wild a thing am I.

Let no man sneer at me, and say –
'We know this poet hides with care;
Inside the Abbey's sacred walls
He hides himself – if anywhere.'

I, who have lived for Nature's love,
Think nothing of your sculptured stones –
Who sees a dingle lined with moss,
And one small row of clean, white bones?





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