Leisure

by W. H. Davies (1911) — a poem card from Justes Mots

The famous gentle scolding: what is this life, if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.

No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.…

Themes: reflection