Walter de la Mare Quotes

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We wake and whisper awhile,
But, the day gone by,
Silence and sleep like fields
Of amaranth lie.

Walter de la Mare
Look thy last on all things lovely,
Every hour—let no night
Seal thy sense in deathly slumber
Till to delight
Thou hast paid thy utmost blessing.

Walter de la Mare
Here lies a most beautiful lady,
Light of step and heart was she;
I think she was the most beautiful lady
That ever was in the West Country.

Walter de la Mare
God has mercifully ordered that the human brain works slowly; first the blow, hours afterwards the bruise.

Walter de la Mare
Softly along the road of evening,
In a twilight dim with rose,
Wrinkled with age, and drenched with dew
Old Nod, the shepherd, goes.

Walter de la Mare
Bunches of grapes, says Timothy;
Pomegranates pink, says Elaine;
A junket of cream and a cranberry tart
For me, says Jane.

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In the long drouth of life,
Its transient wilderness,
The mindless euthanasia of a kiss
Reveals that in
An instant's beat
Two souls in flesh confined
May yet in an immortal freedom meet.

Walter de la Mare
Old Rover in his moss-greened house
Mumbles a bone, and barks at a mouse.

Walter de la Mare
Once a man strays out of the common herd, he's more likely to meet wolves in the thickets than angels.

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'Who knocks?' 'I, who was beautiful,
Beyond all dreams to restore,
I from the roots of the dark thorn am hither,
And knock on the door.'

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Three jolly gentlemen,
In coats of red,
Rode their horses
Up to bed.

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Hi! handsome hunting man
Fire your little gun.
Bang! Now the animal
Is dead and dumb and done.

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Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon.

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Bang! Now the animal
Is dead and dumb and done.
Nevermore to peep again, creep again, leap again,
Eat or sleep or drink again, oh, what fun!

Walter de la Mare