(1918) These I have loved .White plates and cups , clean - gleaming , Ringed with blue lines , and feathery , faery dust ; Wet roofs , beneath the lamp - light ; the strong crust Of friendly bread , and many - tasting food ; Rainbows , and the blue bitter smoke of wood , And radiant raindrops couching in cool flowers ; And flowers themselves , that sway through sunny hours , Dreaming of moths that drink them under the moon ; Then , the cool kindliness of sheets , that soon Smooth away trouble ; and the rough male kiss Of blankets ; grainy wood , live hair that is Shining and free , blue - massing clouds , the keen Unpassioned beauty of a great machine ; The benison of hot water , furs to touch ; The good smell of old clothes ; and other such - The comfortable smell of friendly fingers , Hair ' s fragrance , and the musty reek that lingers About dead leaves and last year ' s ferns ..