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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WORM-PROOF, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: Have I not bored your teeth, said time
Last Line: "defy you with his worm-proof dreams."
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Hope; Transience; Optimism; Impermanence
First Line: Have I not bored your teeth, said time
Last Line: "defy you with his worm-proof dreams."
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Hope; Transience; Optimism; Impermanence
"HAVE I not bored your teeth," said Time,
"Until they drop out, one by one:
I'll turn your black hairs into white,
And pluck them when the change is done;
The clothes you've put away with care,
My worm's already in their seams --"
"Time, hold your tongue, for man can still
Defy you with his worm-proof dreams."
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