Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WHAT LIGHT?, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES


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First Line: I know my body well
Last Line: What light shall smile my spirit forth?
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Bodies; Mankind; Human Race


I know my Body well,
I know both foot and hand;
How far I swim in water,
How fast I walk on land.
I know what drink, I know what food
Can do my Body harm or good.

My Body is but clay:
An earthquake sucks it down
While still a Rainbow shines
And smiles as it looks on.
Yet ere that Body's gone to Earth –
What light shall smile my Spirit forth?





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