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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COMPETITORS, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: I had a friend to smoke and drink
Last Line: A love that's reared at the breast?
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Friendship; Love
First Line: I had a friend to smoke and drink
Last Line: A love that's reared at the breast?
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Friendship; Love
I had a friend to smoke and drink,
We dined at clubs and saw the Play;
Till Love came, like the smallest wind,
And looked him quietly away.
So Friendship goes, and Love remains,
And who can question which is best —
A Friendship reared on the bottle, or
A Love that's reared at the breast?
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