Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE START, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: When dogs play in the sun outdoors Last Line: The whole wide world can be my home. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Spring | ||||||||
When dogs play in the sun outdoors, And cats chase sunbeams on the mat; When merry maidens laugh for joy, And young men cock their ears at that; And babes can see in panes of glass A better light than fire-grate has; When to my teeth ale is not cold, And sweeter than hot toast is bread; When I, no longer charmed by books, Seek human faces in their stead; And every stranger that I meet Will seem a friend whom I must greet; When I no sooner up at morn, Must like a turkey bolt my food, To tramp the white green-bordered roads, And hear birds sing in many a wood: When such a time of year has come, The whole wide world can be my home. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING LEMONADE by TONY HOAGLAND A SPRING SONG by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN SPRING'S RETURN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SPRING IN WINTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPRING ON THE PRAIRIE by HERBERT BATES THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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