Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EARTH LOVE, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES



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First Line: I love the earth through my two eyes
Last Line: To sleep with his dead love.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.


I love the earth through my two eyes,
Like any butterfly or bee;
The hidden roots escape my thoughts,
I love but what I see.

A tree has lovely limbs, I know,
Both large and strong, down under earth;
But all my thoughts are in the boughs,
That give the green leaves birth.

My friend, his thought goes deeper down,
Beneath the roots, while mine's above:
He's thinking of a quiet place
To sleep with his dead Love.





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