Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SCRIBE, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE



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First Line: What lovely things / thy hand hath made
Last Line: Thou, lord, and I.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): God; Secretaries


What lovely things
Thy hand hath made:
The smooth-plumed bird
In its emerald shade,
The seed of the grass,
The speck of stone
Which the wayfaring ant
Stirs -- and hastes on!

Though I should sit
By some tarn in thy hills,
Using its ink
As the spirit wills
To write of Earth's wonders,
Its live, willed things,
Flit would the ages
On soundless wings
Ere unto Z
My pen drew nigh;
Leviathan told,
And the honey-fly:
And still would remain
My wit to try --
My worn reeds broken,
The dark tarn dry,
All words forgotten --
Thou, Lord, and I.





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