Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A YOUNG THRUSH, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: What power of will - to follow now Last Line: Am happy to be gone. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Birds; Death; Thrushes; Dead, The | ||||||||
What power of will to follow now, In this cold hour of fear, His studies in dead sticks and stones, With all this danger near! So here we stand with breathless looks, As figures made of stone; Till knowing that the poor thing's heart Beats faster than my own, I, creeping backward, silently, Am happy to be gone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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