W.H. Davies Quotes

#1. But cats to me are strange, so strange I cannot sleep if one is near.

W.H. Davies

#2. As long as I love Beauty I am young.

W.H. Davies

#3. Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink.

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#4. It was the rainbow gave thee birth, and left thee all her lovely hues.

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#5. What is this life so full of care,
We don't have time to stand and stare.

W.H. Davies

#6. What sweet, what happy days had I,When dreams made Time Eternity!

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#7. No matter where the body is, the mind is free to go elsewhere.

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#8. Now shall I walk or shall I ride? 'Ride,' Pleasure said; 'Walk,' Joy replied.

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#9. And hear the pleasant cockoo, loud and long - The simple bird that thinks two notes a song.

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#10. The more help a person has in his garden, the less it belongs to him.

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#11. When I had money, money, O! I knew no joy till I went poor; For many a false man as a friend Came knocking all day at my door.

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#12. I love thee for a heart that's kind
not for the knowledge in thy mind.

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#13. Pleasure's a Moth, that sleeps by day And dances by false glare at night; But Joy's a Butterfly, that loves To spread its wings in Nature's light.

W.H. Davies

#14. This man has talent, that man genius
And here's the strange and cruel difference:
Talent gives pence and his reward is gold,
Genius gives gold and gets no more than pence.

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#15. I turned my head and saw the wind,
Not far from where I stood,
Dragging the corn by her golden hair,
Into a dark and lonely wood.

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#16. No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.

W.H. Davies