Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A LULLABY OF REST, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: Workhouse and bedlam, refuge, den Last Line: A lullaby of rest. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
Workhouse and Bedlam, Refuge, Den, For Passions deaf and blind How many strange and peevish things Have harboured in my mind! Ambition, Pride and Greed, with all The Body's Appetites, Knocked at my door for lodgings, and Disturbed my days and nights. Till, treading softly, like a bird, When young ones fill her nest Love sits beside me here, and sings A lullaby of rest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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