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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MARGERY, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: The butterfly loves mignonette Last Line: Shut in a garden green and still. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Love | |||
THE Butterfly loves Mignonette And every moment deeper sips; When Winds do shake him by his wings, He fastens tighter with his lips; So let the whole world make me shake, I will not from my true love break. The bird is perched alone and sings, Not all the rain can make him stop; In sooth he singeth more, as though He'd sing one note for each rain-drop; So, like that bird, to his heart true, I'll sing through showers that wet me through. A thousand trees to every house, A singing bird in every tree; And in the midst of these she dwells, And lives for me -- doth Margery; Where we can take our sweet love's fill Shut in a garden green and still. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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