For he has seen a road by healing waters Hushed into wintry… - Donald Davidson

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For he has seen a road by healing waters
Hushed into wintry slate against the sand,
And spoken there with the wind's elfin daughters,
And mingled in their dusty saraband.

He has known winds that blow from blossomy closes,
Rich with the fruity smell of summertide,
And kissed warm faery lips... Now he reposes,
While we are not quite certain he has died.

Donald Davidson

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About Donald Davidson

Donald Grady Davidson (August 8, 1893 – April 25, 1968) was a U.S. poet, essayist, social and literary critic, and author. He is best known as a founding member of the Nashville, Tennessee, circle of poets known as the Fugitives and of an overlapping group, the Southern Agrarians.

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Alternative Names: Donald Grady Davidson

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We mourned with you then in brotherhood,
And I'll weep with you now for those whose names
Burn on your monuments like altar flames.

Then let my skeleton soul
Writhe upward from its loam,
Drink red morning again,
And look gently home.

Something stirs that once had life. It drops
Into the stream, a last act of faith.
Seedballs of sycamore, incautious leaves of willow,
These have outstayed their autumn, teasing death
Only so far, not yet beyond all patience.
Now they let go.

For he has seen a road by healing waters Hushed into wintry slate against the sand, And spoken there with the wind's elfin daughters, And mingled in … - Donald Davidson

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