Classic and Contemporary Poetry
B IS FOR BEAUTY, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: My girl has reached that lovely state Last Line: It thin away so soon. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Beauty | ||||||||
My girl has reached that lovely state That's half a bud and half a flower; But I am near my berry time, Outnumbering her by many an hour. Yet Love -- who sometimes raises kings To the level of our common race -- Can see no difference in our state, In look, in word or grace. The Moon to her has life and power -- It is the Earth's white ghost to me; Which tells the Earth of its decay, And mine, which Love's too blind to see. Love her, my heart, that she may give My ghost this praise she gives the Moon: Let not her shudder when she sees It thin away so soon. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN DIVINELY SUPERFLUOUS BEAUTY by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE BEAUTY OF THINGS by ROBINSON JEFFERS HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LIFE FROM THE LIFELESS by ROBINSON JEFFERS REARMAMENT by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHANE ONEILLS CAIRN by ROBINSON JEFFERS A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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