Walter de la Mare - Bed Quotes

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He got out of bed and peeped through the blinds. To the east and opposite to him gardens and an apple-orchard lay, and there in strange liquid tranquility hung the morning star, and rose, rilling into the dusk of night the first grey of dawn. The street beneath its autumn leaves was vacant, charmed, deserted.

Walter de la Mare

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

Walter de la Mare

Who said "Peacock Pie"?
The old king to the sparrow:
Who said "Crops are ripe"?
Rust to the harrow.

Who said, "Ay, mum's the word"?
Sexton to willow.
Who said, "Green dusk for dream?"
Moss for a pillow.

Who said, "All Time's delight
Hath she for narrow bed;
Life's troubled bubble broken"?—
That's what I said.

Walter de la Mare

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

Walter de la Mare