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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WORMS, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: Silkworms have dressed the fairest women
Last Line: To fill a bowl with fish for some man's table.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Hunger
First Line: Silkworms have dressed the fairest women
Last Line: To fill a bowl with fish for some man's table.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Hunger
Silkworms have dressed the fairest women,
Glowworms have their own starry climes;
Straight from his breakfast on a worm,
The bird begins his morning chimes.
Maggots, so fat and short,
Tapeworms, so thin and long:
'All these are able' —
Say Anglers, when they speak the truth —
'To fill a bowl with fish for some man's table.'
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