Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SEEKING BEAUTY, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES


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First Line: Cold winds can never freeze, nor thunder sour
Last Line: My life's a cheat, let death end my distress.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Beauty


Cold winds can never freeze, nor thunder sour
The cup of cheer that Beauty draws for me
Out of those azure Heavens and this green Earth --
I drink and drink, and thirst the more I see.

To see the dewdrops thrill the blades of grass,
Makes my whole body shake; for here's my choice
Of either sun or shade, and both are green --
A Chaffinch laughs in his melodious voice.

The banks are stormed by Speedwell, that blue flower
So like a little Heaven with one star out;
I see an amber lake of Buttercups,
And Hawthorn foams the hedges round about.

The old Oak tree looks now so green and young,
That even Swallows perch awhile and sing:
This is that time of year, so sweet and warm,
When Bats wait not for Stars ere they take wing.

As long as I love Beauty I am young,
Am young or old as I love more or less;
When Beauty is not heeded or seems stale,
My life's a cheat, let Death end my distress.





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