Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOSPITAL, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Welcome! Enter! This is the inn at the cross roads Last Line: Love and all peace be thine. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter | ||||||||
Welcome! Enter! This is the Inn at the Cross Roads, Sign of the Rising Sun, of the World's End: Ay, O Wanderer, footsore, weary, forsaken, Knock, and we will open unto thee -- Friend. Gloomy our stairs of stone, obscure the portal; Burdened the air with a breath from the further shore; Yet in our courtyard plays an invisible fountain, Ever flowers unfading nod at the door. Ours is much company, and yet none is lonely; Some with a smile may pay and some with a sigh; So all be healed, restored, contented -- it is no matter; So all be happy at heart to bid good-bye. But know, our clocks are the world's; Night's wings are leaden; Pain languidly sports with the hours: have courage, sir! We wake but to bring thee slumber, our drowsy syrups Sleep beyond dreams on the weary will confer. Ghosts may be ours; but gaze thou not too closely If haply in chill of the dark thou rouse to see One silent of foot, hooded, and hollow of visage, Pause, with secret eyes, to peer out at thee. He is the Ancient Tapster of this Hostel, To him at length even we all keys must resign; And if he beckon, Stranger, thou too must follow -- Love and all peace be thine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALONE (2) by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE AN EPITAPH by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ARABIA by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE BUNCHES OF GRAPES by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ECHO by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ENGLAND (2) by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE FARE WELL by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE FIVE EYES by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE JOHN MOULDY by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE MOTLEY by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE |
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