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WHAT LIGHT? by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: I KNOW MY BODY WELL
Last Line: WHAT LIGHT SHALL SMILE MY SPIRIT FORTH?
Subject(s): BODIES; MANKIND; HUMAN RACE;
I know my Body well,
I know both foot and hand;
How far I swim in water,
How fast I walk on land.
I know what drink, I know what food
Can do my Body harm or good.

My Body is but clay:
An earthquake sucks it down
While still a Rainbow shines
And smiles as it looks on.
Yet ere that Body's gone to Earth –
What light shall smile my Spirit forth?



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