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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALL THAT'S PAST, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Very old are the woods Last Line: Of amaranth lie. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter Subject(s): Past | |||
Very old are the woods; And the buds that break Out of the brier's boughs, When March winds wake, So old with their beauty are -- Oh, no man knows Through what wild centuries Roves back the rose. Very old are the brooks; And the rills that rise Where snow sleeps cold beneath The azure skies Sing such a history Of come and gone, Their every drop is as wise As Solomon. Very old are we men; Our dreams are tales Told in dim Eden By Eve's nightingales; We wake and whisper awhile, But, the day gone by, Silence and sleep like fields Of amaranth lie. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FERGUS FALLING by GALWAY KINNELL A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV LAST THINGS by WILLIAM MEREDITH CHRISTMAS TREE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS THIS MORNING, GOD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR ALONE (2) by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE |
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