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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BIRTH OF SONG, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: I am as certain of my song
Last Line: Come perfect to the light.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Singing & Singers; Songs
First Line: I am as certain of my song
Last Line: Come perfect to the light.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Singing & Singers; Songs
I am as certain of my song,
When first it warms my brain,
As woman of her unborn child,
Or wind that carries rain.
The child and rain are born at last,
Though now concealed from sight —
So let my song, unshaped and crude,
Come perfect to the light.
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