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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE IDIOT, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: The hand that rocked his cradle once
Last Line: A coffin to contain his dust.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Death; Old Age; Dead, The
First Line: The hand that rocked his cradle once
Last Line: A coffin to contain his dust.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Death; Old Age; Dead, The
The hand that rocked his cradle once
Lies buried with his father's rings;
Yet in his cradle still lives he –
He rocks it by himself, and sings.
He knows no heaviness at heart,
He cannot feel his body's old;
The cradle that his mother rocked
Is still his joy, and all his world.
All by himself he rocks and sings –
Until he makes old Death at last
Measure him in his cradle for
A coffin to contain his dust.
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