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THE LITTLE OLD CUPID by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

Poet Analysis

First Line: TWAS A VERY SMALL GARDEN
Last Line: HE STOOD AIMING AT ME.
Subject(s): GARDENS & GARDENING;

'Twas a very small garden;
The paths were of stone,
Scattered with leaves,
With moss overgrown;
And a little Old Cupid
Stood under a tree,
With a small broken bow
He stood aiming at me.

The dog-rose in briars
Hung over the weeds,
The air was aflock
With the floating of seeds;
And a little old Cupid
Stood under a tree,
With a small broken bow
He stood aiming at me.

The dovecote was tumbling,
The fountain dry,
A wind in the orchard
Went whispering by;
And a little old Cupid
Stood under a tree,
With a small broken bow
He stood aiming at me.



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