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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHARITY, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: Things that are dear to me at home
Last Line: His love or innocence betrayed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Generosity
First Line: Things that are dear to me at home
Last Line: His love or innocence betrayed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Generosity
Things that are dear to me at home
Need all my help, and more;
And many a kindly thought I kill,
For the stranger at my door;
Yet every generous impulse slain,
Is a ghost that haunts me still.
It's better that a woman had
A love-child at her breast,
Than live a heartless, selfish maid;
It's better that a man should trust
A worthless knave, than never have
His love or innocence betrayed.
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