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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GREAT LOVERS, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: Why did we think no power in heaven Last Line: There'll be a poor, unhappy lady, crying. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Love - Loss Of | |||
Why did we think no power in Heaven Would ever chill or blind that loving eye? Sweet Earth, so young and green, so beautiful, Your lover is but mortal, and must die. Burning himself to nothing, day by day, Your lover, that great Sun, is slowly dying; And where you smile, a Queen of beauty now, There'll be a poor, unhappy lady, crying. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROSE AND MURRAY by CONRAD AIKEN THOUGH WE NO LONGER POSSESS IT by MARK JARMAN THE GLORY OF THE DAY WAS IN HER FACE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON LOVE COME AND GONE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 33 by JAMES JOYCE A SCOTCH SONG by JOANNA BAILLIE A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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