Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CHILD IN THE STORY GOES TO BED, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I prythee, nurse, come smooth my hair Last Line: Till dawn another day shall bring. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter | ||||||||
I prythee, Nurse, come smooth my hair, And prythee, Nurse, unloose my shoe, And trimly turn my silken sheet Upon my quilt of gentle blue. My pillow sweet of lavender Smooth with an amiable hand, And may the dark pass peacefully by As in the hour-glass droops the sand. Prepare my cornered manchet sweet, And in my little crystal cup Pour out the blithe and flowering mead That forthwith I may sup. Withdraw my curtains from the night, And let the crisped crescent shine Upon my eyelids while I sleep, And soothe me with her beams benign. Dark looms the forest far-away; O, listen! through its empty dales Rings from the solemn echoing boughs The music of its nightingales. Now quench my silver lamp, prythee, And bid the harpers harp that tune Fairies that haunt the meadowlands Sing to the stars of June. And bid them play, though I in dreams No longer heed their pining strains, For I would not to silence wake When slumber o'er my senses wanes. You Angels bright who me defend, Enshadow me with curved wing, And keep me in the long dark night Till dawn another day shall bring. | 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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