William Henry Davies was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales. His father was, at the time a Publican. After an apprenticeship as a picture-frame maker and a series of labouring jobs, he travelled to America, first to New York and then to the Klondike.
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''What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?''
William Henry Davies (1871-1940), British poet. Leisure, Songs of Joy (1911).
''And I could see that child's one eye
Which seemed to laugh, and say with glee:
'What caused my death you'll never know
Perhaps my mother murdered me.'
''
William Henry Davies (1871-1940), British poet. The Inquest (l. 25-28).
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