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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY LIFE'S EXAMPLE, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: Stand with eyes fixed, the cuckoo calls Last Line: And hearts grown old and wise. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Wisdom | |||
Stand with eyes fixed, the Cuckoo calls – Let all the world go blind! Should any search be made at all, Let it be for the Wind! At Birdland Corner, where I live, And daffodils appear – The hero of my life and dreams Cries 'Cuckoo' every year. He is my life's example, and His spirit fills my place; That I, like him, would be a voice, And never show my face. And let my notes be cries of joy, Too simple to despise; That children from their cradles love, And hearts grown old and wise. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 5 by CONRAD AIKEN SONG: NOW THAT SHE IS HERE; FOR JOE-ANNE by HAYDEN CARRUTH WISE: HAVING THE ABILITY TO PERCEIVE AND ADOPT THE BEST by LUCILLE CLIFTON WISDOM COMETH WITH THE YEARS by COUNTEE CULLEN FOR RANDALL JARRELL, 1914-1965 by NORMAN DUBIE THE MORTAL WORDS OF ZWEIK by PHILIP LEVINE A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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