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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GALLIASS, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Tell me, tell me
Last Line: She alone burns none to prove her sleep.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
First Line: Tell me, tell me
Last Line: She alone burns none to prove her sleep.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
'Tell me, tell me,
Unknown stranger,
When shall I sight me
That tall ship
On whose flower-wreathed counter is gilded, Sleep?'
'Landsman, landsman,
Lynx nor kestrel
Ne'er shall descry from
Ocean steep
That midnight-stealing, high-pooped galliass, Sleep.'
'Promise me, Stranger,
Though I mark not
When cold night-tide's
Shadows creep
Thou wilt keep unwavering watch for Sleep.'
'Myriad the lights are,
Wayworn landsman,
Rocking the dark through
On the deep:
She alone burns none to prove her Sleep.
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