Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BITTER WATERS, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In a dense wood, a drear wood Last Line: On the trees that are there. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter | ||||||||
In a dense wood, a drear wood, Dark water is flowing; Deep, deep, beyond sounding, A flood ever flowing. There harbours no wild bird, No wanderer stays there; Wreathed in mist, sheds pale Ishtar Her sorrowful rays there. Take thy net; cast thy line; Manna sweet be thy baiting; Time's desolate ages Shall still find thee waiting For quick fish to rise there, Or butterfly wooing, Or flower's honeyed beauty, Or wood-pigeon cooing. Inland wellsprings are sweet; But to lips, parched and dry, Salt, salt is the savour Of these; faint their sigh. Bitter Babylon's waters. Zion, distant and fair. We hanged up our harps On the trees that are there. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALONE (2) by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE AN EPITAPH by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ARABIA by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE BUNCHES OF GRAPES by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ECHO by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ENGLAND (2) by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE FARE WELL by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE FIVE EYES by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE JOHN MOULDY by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE MOTLEY by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE |
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