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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A STRANGE MEETING, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The moon is full, and so am I Last Line: As he went passing by. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Blacks | |||
THE moon is full, and so am I; The night is late, the ale was good; And I must go two miles and more Along a country road. Now what is this that's drawing near? It seems a man, and tall; But where the face should show its white I see no white at all. Where is his face: or do I see The back part of his head, And, with his face turned round about, He walks this way? I said. He's close at hand, but where's the face? What devil is this I see? I'm glad my body's warm with ale, There's trouble here for me. I clutch my staff, I make a halt, "His blood or mine," said I. "Good night," the black man said to me, As he went passing by. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PITY THIS POOR ANIMAL by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE GAME OF COLOR by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA THE CONGO by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY TELEPHONE CONVERSATION by WOLE SOYINKA GIVE HIM HIS DUE by LEVI BISHOP A FAIR NYMPH SCORNING A BLACK BOY COURTING HER by JOHN CLEVELAND THE SNAPPING OF THE BOW by JAMES DAVID CORROTHERS THE MORNING DREAM (1) by WILLIAM COWPER A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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