Life and death, my fairest one,
Thy lover is a skeleton!
(This Night)
More Quotes from William Henry Davies:
'Tis strange how men find time to hate,When life is all too short for love;
But we, away from our own kind,
A different life can live and prove.
William Henry Davies
Now shall I dance,
Or sit for dreams?
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
Thou shalt not laugh, thou shalt not romp,
Let's grimly kiss with bated breath;
As quietly and solemnly
As Life when it is kissing Death.
William Henry Davies
My friends are real, though very few.
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
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