Sunday, January 15, 2012

Leisure - W.H. Davies

Wisconsin Snow Cow / Judi  Stevensonphoto

Leisure

    WHAT is this life if, full of care,
    We have no time to stand and stare.
    No time to stand beneath the boughs
    And stare as long as sheep or cows.
    No time to see, when woods we pass,
    Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
    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.
    A poor life this if, full of care,
    We have no time to stand and stare.
    W.H. Davies http://theotherpages.org/poems/davies01.html

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