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William Henry Davies

1871 – 1940

William Henry Davies or W H Davies was a Welsh poet and writer Davies spent a significant part of his life as a tramp or vagabond in the United States and United Kingdom but became known as one of the most popular poets of his time The principal themes in his work are the marvels of nature observations about lifes hardships his own tramping adventures and the various characters he met Davies is usually considered as one of the Georgian poets although much of his work is atypical of the style and themes adopted by others of the genre

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Leisure Life Nature	1,500 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
Money Childhood Friendship Life	443 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
The Best Friend Life Love	390 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
The Moon Love Nature	295 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
Rich or Poor	273 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
The Rain Love Nature	249 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
The Example	242 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
Days Too Short Nature	237 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
Joy and Pleasure Childhood Humorous Life Love Nature	217 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
The Villain Nature	185 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
A Greeting Friendship Nature	179 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
A Great Time Life Nature	173 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
The Happy Child Love Nature	161 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
Sadness and Joy Life Love Melancholy	158 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
The Bird of Paradise Death Life Nature	157 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
The Sleepers Death	149 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
The Hermit Death Nature	148 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
Thunderstorms Nature	137 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
When on a Summer's Morn Life Love Nature	129 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
In the Country Life Melancholy Nature	121 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
In May Love Nature	119 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
Sweet Stay-at-Home Life Love Nature	119 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
Come, Let Us Find Life Nature	118 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
The Sluggard Humorous Love Nature	118 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it
Laughing Rose Humorous Nature	107 Views added by anonymous 13 years ago	Rate it

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