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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, by ERNEST RHYS Poet's Biography
First Line: Wales england wed; so I was bred
Last Line: Am content to have from death.
Alternate Author Name(s): Rhys, Ernest Percival
Subject(s): Self
First Line: Wales england wed; so I was bred
Last Line: Am content to have from death.
Alternate Author Name(s): Rhys, Ernest Percival
Subject(s): Self
WALES England wed; so I was bred.
'T was merry London gave me breath.
I dreamt of love, and fame: I strove.
But Ireland taught me love was best:
And Irish eyes, and London cries, and
streams of Wales, may tell the rest.
What more than these I asked of life, I
am content to have from Death.
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