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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
KISS AND BLOW, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: He takes that woman with his kiss
Last Line: How kind and cruel, how clever is death!
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
First Line: He takes that woman with his kiss
Last Line: How kind and cruel, how clever is death!
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
He takes that woman with his kiss,
Yet strikes her man a heavy blow:
Would she have gone off smiling so
For any other Power that's known –
If she had seen the cruel blow
That struck her man and lover down?
A blow and a kiss, in a single breath –
How kind and cruel, how clever is Death!
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