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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MIDGET, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Just a span and half a span
Last Line: He keeps his own small darkened house.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Epitaphs
First Line: Just a span and half a span
Last Line: He keeps his own small darkened house.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Epitaphs
Just a span and half a span
From head to heel was this little man.
Scarcely a capful of small bones
Raised up erect this Midget once.
Yet not a knuckle was askew;
Inches for feet God made him true;
And something handsome put between
His coal-black hair and beardless chin.
But now, forsooth, with mole and mouse,
He keeps his own small darkened house.
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