But 'tis a wretched life to face
Hunger in almost every place;
Cursed with a hand that's empty, when
The heart is full to help all men.
(In The Country)
More Quotes from William Henry Davies:
To see his face was health and life,And when it was denied,
She could not eat, and broke her heart --
It was for love she died.
William Henry Davies
Life and death, my fairest one,
Thy lover is a skeleton!
William Henry Davies
Now shall I dance,
Or sit for dreams?
William Henry Davies
This life is sweetest; in this wood
I hear no children cry for food;
I see no woman, white with care;
No man, with muscled wasting here.
William Henry Davies
No matter where the body is, the mind is free to go elsewhere.
William Henry Davies
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