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WH Davies

Episode 4 of 4

WH Davies travelled the world from his native Wales, sleeping rough and jumping trains. Brian remembers a poet whose work helped set him on his own way as a writer.

Poet Brian Patten explores the life and work of lesser-known or forgotten poets.

WH Davies travelled the world from his native Wales, sleeping rough and jumping trains. His work has a simplicity which is still revered in the form of his well-known lines: 'What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare?'

But few people know that it was Davies who wrote them. Brian remembers a poet whose work helped set him on his own way as a writer.

30 minutes

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Sat 18 Apr 2009 23:30

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  • Sun 12 Apr 2009 16:30
  • Sat 18 Apr 2009 23:30