The more help a person has in his garden, the less it belongs to him. — W. H. Davies Belongs Copy Share Image
Pleasure's a Moth, that sleeps by day And dances by false glare at night; But Joy's a Butterfly, that loves To spread… — W. H. Davies Butterfly Copy Share Image
I like to see a good scientific bout by men who know the use of their hands but would rather walk twenty… — W. H. Davies Animals Copy Share Image
I don't suppose there is a more daring or more impudent rascal on earth than a good American beggar. It is always… — W. H. Davies Always Copy Share Image
A poor life this if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare. — W. H. Davies Care Copy Share Image
However careful a tramp may be to avoid places where there is abundant work, he cannot always succeed. — W. H. Davies Always Copy Share Image
I dislike society because conversation exhausts my brain more than silent thought - again, I cannot hold my water long enough for… — W. H. Davies Brain Copy Share Image
Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what… — W. H. Davies Alone Copy Share Image
Cockneys make good beggars. They are held in high esteem by the fraternity in America. Their resource, originality and invention, and a… — W. H. Davies America Copy Share Image
It was a proof of Welsh good nature: so long as I had a friend that knew and could introduce me, the… — W. H. Davies Business Copy Share Image
It is not altogether shyness that now makes me unsuccessful in company. Sometimes it is a state of mind that is three… — W. H. Davies Business Copy Share Image
Summer boarders often left clothes behind, and of what use were they to the landladies, for no rag-and-bone man ever called at… — W. H. Davies Adventure Copy Share Image
I like to give pennies to children, but unfortunately, a man cannot do these things if he lives in a small village… — W. H. Davies Children Copy Share Image
It has always been a wonder to me where my conversational power has gone: at the present time, I cannot impress the… — W. H. Davies Impress Copy Share Image
Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink. — W. H. Davies Drink Copy Share Image
My own wandering blood comes from my seafaring grandfather, who, after he had left the sea and settled on shore, still governed… — W. H. Davies Blood Copy Share Image
Mother's father and brothers all took great interest in pugilism, and they knew the game well from much practice of their own.… — W. H. Davies Father and brother Copy Share Image
My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind.… — W. H. Davies Beginning Copy Share Image
I had now been in the United States of America something like five years, working here and there as the inclination seized… — W. H. Davies America Copy Share Image
I cannot see the short, white curls Upon the forehead of an Ox, But what I see them dripping with That poor… — W. H. Davies Aim Copy Share Image
What sweet, what happy days had I,When dreams made Time Eternity! — W. H. Davies Dream Copy Share Image
There is quite a large clan of Scotties among American beggars. He is a good beggar for the simple reason that he… — W. H. Davies America Copy Share Image
It was the rainbow gave thee birth, and left thee all her lovely hues. — W. H. Davies Birth Copy Share Image
When on a summer's morn I wake, And open my two eyes, Out to the clear, born-singing rills My bird-like spirit flies.… — W. H. Davies Bird Copy Share Image
