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William H Davies's Poetry, by first line

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  • Leisure
    What is this life if, full of care,
    We have no time to stand and stare.
    14 lines, 11 comments
  • Rich or Poor
    With thy true love I have more wealth
    Than Charon's piled-up bank doth hold;
    8 lines
  • This Night
    This night, as I sit here alone,
    And brood on what is dead and gone,
    12 lines
  • Thunderstorms
    My mind has thunderstorms,
    That brood for heavy hours:
    10 lines, 3 comments
  • The Moon
    Thy beauty haunts me heart and soul,
    Oh, thou fair Moon, so close and bright;
    12 lines
  • The Hawk
    Thou dost not fly, thou art not perched,
    The air is all around:
    16 lines
  • The Heap of Rags
    One night when I went down
    Thames' side, in London Town,
    30 lines
  • The Rain
    I hear leaves drinking rain;
    I hear rich leaves on top
    12 lines
  • A Plain Life
    No idle gold -- since this fine sun, my friend,
    Is no mean miser, but doth freely spend.
    12 lines
  • Rich Days
    Welcome to you rich Autumn days,
    Ere comes the cold, leaf-picking wind;
    12 lines
  • Sadness and Joy
    I pray you, Sadness, leave me soon,
    In sweet invention thou art poor!
    20 lines
  • The Sleepers
    As I walked down the waterside
    This silent morning, wet and dark;
    24 lines
  • Laughing Rose
    If I were gusty April now,
    How I would blow at laughing Rose;
    12 lines
  • The Likeness
    When I came forth this morn I saw
    Quite twenty cloudlets in the air;
    12 lines
  • A Greeting
    Good morning, Life--and all
    Things glad and beautiful.
    18 lines
  • Days Too Short
    When primroses are out in Spring,
    And small, blue violets come between;
    12 lines
  • Joy and Pleasure
    Now, joy is born of parents poor,
    And pleasure of our richer kind;
    20 lines, 1 comment
  • Truly Great
    My walls outside must have some flowers,
    My walls within must have some books;
    24 lines, 1 comment
  • All in June
    A week ago I had a fire
    To warm my feet, my hands and face;
    12 lines, 2 comments
  • The Example
    Here's an example from
    A Butterfly;
    12 lines
  • Come, Let Us Find
    Come, let us find a cottage, love,
    That's green for half a mile around;
    20 lines, 1 comment
  • Songs of Joy
    Sing out, my soul, thy songs of joy;
    Sing as a happy bird will sing
    24 lines, 3 comments
  • In the Country
    This life is sweetest; in this wood
    I hear no children cry for food;
    16 lines
  • The Flood
    I thought my true love slept;
    Behind her chair I crept
    18 lines
  • The Sluggard
    A jar of cider and my pipe,
    In summer, under shady tree;
    16 lines
  • When on a Summer's Morn
    When on a summer's morn I wake,
    And open my two eyes,
    12 lines
  • Seeking Beauty
    Cold winds can never freeze, nor thunder sour
    The cup of cheer that Beauty draws for me
    20 lines, 1 comment
  • The Hermit
    WHAT moves that lonely man is not the boom
    Of waves that break agains the cliff so strong;
    16 lines
  • April's Charms
    When April scatters charms of primrose gold
    Among the copper leaves in thickets old,
    16 lines
  • The Best Friend
    Now shall I walk
    Or shall I ride?
    16 lines
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