About the Poet

W. H. Davies was born in Wales, Great Britain. He was a poet and writer. He was born in the year 1871 to a poor iron moulder's family. His father died when he was three years old and his mother re-married. He was raised by his grandparents. He attended school until the age of 14 and then became a helper to a picture framer. He spent a large part of his life without a home travelling from place to place. 

In March 1899 a train accident injured his right leg and it was amputed below the knee. Then he returned to Wales and settled in London and devoted his time to writing poetry. 

His first poetry book, 'The Soul's Destroyer' was published in 1905.

The poet W.H. Davies described in his poem 'The Fog', the effect of fog on him. It blurred his vision and he was unable to see things clearly. He lost the sense of direction and space not knowing where to go. A man, passing by the poet offered him to show the way.