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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A FOOL, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: If, when thy body's end has come
Last Line: "and missed them with my snapping hand."
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Fools; Idiots
First Line: If, when thy body's end has come
Last Line: "and missed them with my snapping hand."
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Fools; Idiots
IF, when thy body's end has come,
Thy mind must find another home,
Make no mistake with man again;
Come into flesh the thing thou art
In all except thy body's part --
Come as a silly ass, and plain.
Such were my thoughts, their honest parts,
But oh, what liars are kind hearts!
What smooth false words such hearts demand:
"Thy dreams," said I, "give more surprise
Than when I chased bright butterflies,
And missed them with my snapping hand."
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