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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BLIND BOY (1), by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I have no master,' said the blind boy
Last Line: The saddest rogue on earth!'
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
First Line: I have no master,' said the blind boy
Last Line: The saddest rogue on earth!'
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
'I have no master,' said the Blind Boy,
'My mother, "Dame Venus" they do call;
Cowled in this hood she sent me begging
For whate'er in pity may befall.
'Hard was her visage, me adjuring, --
"Have no fond mercy on the kind!
Here be sharp arrows, bunched in quiver,
Draw close ere striking -- thou art blind."
'So stand I here, my woes entreating,
In this dark alley, lest the Moon
Point with her sparkling my barbed armoury,
Shine on my silver-laced shoon.
'Oh, sir, unkind this Dame to me-ward;
Of the salt billow was her birth. . . .
In your sweet charity draw nearer
The saddest rogue on Earth!'
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