Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ONE THING WANTING, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: Your life was hard with mangling clothes Last Line: "there's nothing else I want on earth." Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Mothers | ||||||||
"YOUR life was hard with mangling clothes, You scrubbed our floors for years; But now, your children are so good, That you can rest your poor old limbs, And want for neither drink nor meat." "It's true," she said, and laughed for joy; And still her voice, with all her years, Could make a song-bird wonder if A rival sweetness challenged him. But soon her face was full of trouble: "If I could only tear," she said, "My sister Alice out of her grave -- Who taunted me when I was poor -- And make her understand these words: 'See, I have everything I want, My children, Alice, are so good' -- If I could only once do that, There's nothing else I want on earth." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY MOTHER'S HANDS by ANDREW HUDGINS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS IN THE 25TH YEAR OF MY MOTHER'S DEATH by JUDY JORDAN THE PAIDLIN' WEAN by ALEXANDER ANDERSON BLASTING FROM HEAVEN by PHILIP LEVINE A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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