Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SLEEPY HEAD, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As I lay awake in the white moon light Last Line: To sing of the buttercups and dew. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter Variant Title(s): The Gnomies | ||||||||
As I lay awake in the white moon light, I heard a faint singing in the wood, 'Out of bed, Sleepyhead, Put your white foot now, Here are we, Neath the tree Singing round the root now!' I looked out of window, in the white moon light, The trees were like snow in the wood -- 'Come away, Child, and play Light with the gnomies; In a mound, Green and round, That's where their home is. Honey sweet, Curds to eat, Cream and frumenty, Shells and beads, Poppy seeds, You shall have plenty.' But soon as I stooped in the dim moon light To put on my stocking and my shoe, The sweet sweet singing died sadly away, And the light of the morning peeped through: Then instead of the gnomies there came a red robin To sing of the buttercups and dew. | 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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