Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE INEXPRESSIBLE, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: Thinking of my caged birds indoors Last Line: Lighten and thunder through the world! Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Passion | ||||||||
Thinking of my caged birds indoors, My books, whose music serves my will; Which, when I bid them sing, will sing, And when I sing myself are still; And that my scent is drops of ink, Which, were my song as great as I, Would sweeten man till he was dust, And make the world one Araby; Thinking how my hot passions make Strong floods of shallows that run cold -- Oh how I burn to make my dreams Lighten and thunder through the world! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...APPULDURCOMBE PARK by AMY LOWELL FIVE ACCOUNTS OF A MONOGAMOUS MAN by WILLIAM MEREDITH ON PASSION AS A LITERARY TRADITION by JOHN CIARDI LES GRANDES PASSIONS MANQUEES by IRVING FELDMAN A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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