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Gloria Mundi. By Walter de La Mare. Upon a bank, easeless with knobs of gold, Beneath a canopy of noonday smoke, I saw a measureless Beast, morose and bold, With eyes like one from filthy dreams awoke, Who stares upon the daylight in despair. For very terror of the nothing there.
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His subtle and evocative style, marked by precise language and haunting imagery, has secured his place as a master of the English lyrical tradition. Writing during a period that saw the rise of modernism, de la Mare remained true to his own distinct voice, drawing inspiration from Romantic poets such as William Blake and William Wordsworth ...
- Arabia
- Dust to Dust
- The Spirit of Air
- Tarbury Steep
Far are the shades of Arabia, Where the Princes ride at noon, __‘Mid the verdurous vales and thickets, Under the ghost of the moon; And so dark is that vaulted purple Flowers in the forest rise __And toss into blossom ‘gainst the phantom stars Pale in the noonday skies. Sweet is the music of Arabia In my heart, when out of dreams __I still in the t...
Heavenly Archer, bend thy bow; Now the flame of life burns low, Youth is gone; I, too, would go. Even Fortune leads to this: Harsh or kind, at last she is Murderess of all ecstasies. Yet the spirit, dark, alone, Bound in sense, still hearkens on For tidings of a bliss foregone. Sleep is well for dreamless head, At no breath astonishèd, From the Gar...
Coral and clear emerald, And amber from the sea, Lilac-coloured amethyst, Chalcedony; The lovely Spirit of Air Floats on a cloud and doth ride, Clad in the beauties of earth __Like a bride. So doth she haunt me; and words Tell but a tithe of the tale. Sings all the sweetness of Spring Even in the nightingale? Nay, but with echoes she cries Of the v...
The moon in her gold over Tarbury Steep Wheeled full, in the hush of the night, To rabbit and hare she gave her still beams And to me on that silvery height. From the dusk of its glens thrilled the nightjar’s strange cry, A peewit wailed over the wheat, Else still was the air, though the stars in the sky Seemed with music in beauty to beat. O many ...
Poems of Walter de la Mare, 1873-1956 Selected from Collected Poems 1901-1918, Vol II: Songs of Childhood, Peacock Pie , 1920, unless otherwise noted. We compiled a brief biography of de la Mare for you.
‘All But Blind’, a poem written by the English poet Walter de la Mare, is image-rich and symbolic in meaning. This poem talks about the inner blindness of humans.
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1873—1956. Share. Walter de la Mare, born on April 25, 1873 in London, is considered one of modern literature’s chief exemplars of the romantic imagination. His complete works form a sustained treatment of romantic themes: dreams, death, rare states of mind and emotion, fantasy worlds of childhood, and the pursuit of the transcendent.
