Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LAWS OF BEAUTY, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: The laws of beauty and its patterns Last Line: Where shall I find a sweeter face? Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. | ||||||||
The laws of Beauty and its patterns Must all conform to blood and race; A nose that's tilted, round and small, Is not for any Jewish face. To say that she is tall and plump Would be a blemish in Japan; A foot coercion makes no smaller Would never please a Chinaman. To say her skin's as white as foam, With sea-blue eyes, so soft and mellow, Would please no race whose beauties must, Like all their gods, be brown or yellow. But let these laws be what they will, And differ with our blood and race; Come, fair or dark; come, white or brown Where shall I find a sweeter face? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CHILD'S PET by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES A MOTHER TO HER SICK CHILD by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES A STRANGE MEETING by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES A THOUGHT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES ADVICE by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES APRIL'S LAMBS by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES BIRD AND BROOK by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES COWSLIPS AND LARKS by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES DAYS TOO SHORT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES EARLY MORN by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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