Foliage Various Poems Author:William Henry Davies THUNDERSTORMS — My mind has thunderstorms, That brood for heavy hours: Until they rain me words, My thoughts are drooping flowers And sulking, silent birds. — Yet come, dark thunderstorms, And brood your heavy hours; For when you rain me words, My thoughts are dancing flowers And joyful singing birds. — STRONG MOMENTS — Sometimes I hear fine ladies ... more »sing, Sometimes I smoke and drink with men; Sometimes I play at games of cards-- Judge me to be no strong man then.
The strongest moment of my life Is when I think about the poor; When, like a spring that rain has fed, My pity rises more and more.
The flower that loves the warmth and light, Has all its mornings bathed in dew; My heart has moments wet with tears, My weakness is they are so few.« less