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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MAY MORNING, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: The sky is clear
Last Line: All thoughts for gladness.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): May (month)
First Line: The sky is clear
Last Line: All thoughts for gladness.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): May (month)
The sky is clear,
The sun is bright:
The cows are red,
The sheep are white;
Trees in the meadows
Make happy shadows.
Birds in the hedge
Are perched and sing;
Swallows and larks
Are on the wing:
Two merry cuckoos
Are making echoes.
Bird and the beast
Have the dew yet;
My road shines dry,
Theirs bright and wet;
Death gives no warning
On this May morning.
I see no Christ
Nailed on a tree
Dying for sin;
No sin I see:
No thoughts for sadness,
All thoughts for gladness.
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