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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
Y IS FOR YOUTH, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: Would I had met you in my days of strength
Last Line: And perish in the brain that gives them birth.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Youth
First Line: Would I had met you in my days of strength
Last Line: And perish in the brain that gives them birth.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Youth
Would I had met you in my days of strength,
Before my tide of life had turned, my Love;
These lightning streaks, that come in fitful starts,
Are not the great forked lightnings you deserve;
Too many silver moons has my life worn
Into an old thin rim, since I was born.
What you deserve are those enchanted notes
We sing in dreams at night; so pure and sweet
That kings and queens sit down with bended heads,
And listen with their crowns laid at their feet:
Those songs that pass, without a voice on Earth,
And perish in the brain that gives them birth.
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