Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DAVID, by MARY CAROLYN DAVIES


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DAVID, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: David was a shepherd lad, beautiful as you
Last Line: She who heard the songs first, was her pride like mine?
Alternate Author Name(s): Davis, Leland, Mrs.; Pawtuxie
Subject(s): David (d. 962 B.c.)


David was a shepherd lad, beautiful as you,
Sang within a shadowed tent to sooth a king's unrest.
Oh, the bashful years in which he made the songs and hoarded them,
By the other shepherd lads all unguessed.

David's song is in a book, for stupid folk to bow before,
Folk who think it wisdom, which is only lovely song.
You are kin to him, you see beauty in a little moon,
In branches bent to lash you with each faint gray thong.

David, when he found his songs -- did he use to practice them
For a little shepherd maid who marveled at each line?
When he left his humble task, and drew the king from weariness --
She who heard the songs first, was her pride like mine?





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