Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ALONE (2), by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE



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First Line: The abode of the nightingale is bare
Last Line: It is winter.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Grief; Love; Solitude; Sorrow; Sadness; Loneliness


The abode of the nightingale is bare,
Flowered frost congeals in the gelid air,
The fox howls from his frozen lair:
Alas, my loved one is gone,
I am alone;
It is winter.

Once the pink cast a winy smell,
The wild bee hung in the hyacinth bell,
Light in effulgence of beauty fell:
Alas, my loved one is gone,
I am alone;
It is winter.

My candle a silent fire doth shed,
Starry Orion hunts o'erhead;
Come moth, come shadow, the world is dead:
Alas, my loved one is gone,
I am alone;
It is winter.





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