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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COLD TO BOSOM, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: There's a dark tree and a sad tree
Last Line: Where the locks lay of her lover.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
First Line: There's a dark tree and a sad tree
Last Line: Where the locks lay of her lover.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
There's a dark tree and a sad tree,
Where sweet Alice waits, unheeded,
For her lover long-time absent,
Plucking rushes by the river.
Let the bird sing, let the buck sport,
Let the sun sink to his setting;
Not one star that stands in darkness
Shines upon her absent lover.
But his stone lies 'neath the dark tree,
Cold to bosom, deaf to weeping;
And 'tis gathering moss she touches,
Where the locks lay of her lover.
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