Poet's Pilgrimage

By W.H. Davies

W H Davies, born in Newport in 1871, is famous for his poem Leisure, which opens -"What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare". In A Poet's Pilgrimage, published in 1918, he takes a walking tour from Carmarthen to London. He describes his route and the people he meets - hawkers, tramps, beggars, rag-and-bone men, boxers, sailors. Years earlier Davies fell and crushed his foot while attempting to jump a freight train in Ontario, his lower leg had to be amputated and since then he wore a wooden leg.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Books Council of Wales
• Release date: Mar 26, 2013
• ISBN: 9781909696044

W.H. Davies

W. H. Davies (1871-1940) was a Welsh poet and writer who spent a significant part of his life as a vagabond in the United Kingdom and United States. He began publishing his own poetry in 1905 and became a popular poet in his time, mixing with leading figures of society.

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