Living
A Greeting
From Foliage (1913)
Good morning, Life--and all
Things glad and beautiful.
My pockets nothing hold,
But he that owns the gold,
The Sun, is my great friend--
His spending has no end.
Hail to the morning sky,
Which bright clouds measure high;
Hail to you birds whose throats
Would number leaves by notes;
Hail to you shady bowers,
And you green fields of flowers.
Hail to you women fair,
That make a show so rare
In cloth as white as milk--
Be't calico or silk:
Good morning, Life--and all
Things glad and beautiful.
Codex Note
'Good morning, Life, and all things glad and beautiful.' The poet's pockets hold nothing, but the Sun, who owns the gold, is his great friend, and he hails the sky, the birds, the fields and fair women in calico or silk.
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MLA
Davies, W. H. “A Greeting.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_wh/2/.
Chicago
Davies, W. H. “A Greeting.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_wh/2/.
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