The collier's wife had four tall sons Brought from the pit's mouth dead, And crushed from foot to head - W. H. Davies

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The collier's wife had four tall sons
Brought from the pit's mouth dead,
And crushed from foot to head

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About W. H. Davies

William Henry Davies (3 July 1871 – 26 September 1940) was a Welsh poet and writer. He spent many years as a tramp in the United States and United Kingdom but became known as one of the most popular poets of his time. He was admired by George Bernard Shaw, who wrote the preface of his autobiography, The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp (1908).

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Alternative Names: William Henry Davies
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What a glorious time of the year is this [Spring]! With the warm sun travelling through serene skies, the air clear and fresh above you, which instils new blood in the body, making one defiantly tramp the earth, kicking the snows aside in the scorn of action.
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