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Winter's Beauty
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William Henry Davies


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Is it not fine to walk in spring,
When leaves are born, and hear birds sing?
And when they lose their singing powers,
In summer, watch the bees at flowers?
Is it not fine, when summer's past,
To have the leaves, no longer fast,
Biting my heel where'er I go,
Or dancing lightly on my toe?
Now winter's here and rivers freeze;
As I walk out I see the trees,
Wherein the pretty squirrels sleep,
All standing in the snow so deep:
And every twig, however small,
Is blossomed white and beautiful.
Then welcome, winter, with thy power
To make this tree a big white flower;
To make this tree a lovely sight,
With fifty brown arms draped in white,
While thousands of small fingers show
In soft white gloves of purest snow.


This poem is in the public domain.



William Henry Davies (1871-1940) was a Welsh poet who started out as a rounder but ended up a respected poet. Raised by grandparents after his father died and his mother remarried, William was inclined toward a life of adventure; he traveled by boat to North America repeatedly before losing a leg in attempting to jump a train. He eventually returned to England, wrote a book about his wandering years, paid and starved his way into becoming a published poet and, eventually, gained equal standing with such contemporaries as Yeats and Ezra Pound.

 


Post New Comment:
paradea:
Love the rhythm and sentiment!
Posted 01/25/2021 09:23 AM
Janet Leahy:
The seasons pass with beauty in this poem, lovely. Thanks Jayne,,
Posted 01/24/2021 03:11 PM
cork:
I love the arms and fingers of the trees.
Posted 01/24/2021 09:39 AM
richard.cary@att.net:
This is how rhyming works, how couplets work, how poetry is simply poetry-- bravo!
Posted 01/24/2021 09:11 AM
Gilbert Allen:
A charming lyric poem.
Posted 01/24/2021 08:49 AM


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