Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DEAR DELIGHT, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE



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First Line: Youngling fair, and dear delight
Last Line: Tis love hath thee in keeping.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter


Youngling fair, and dear delight,
'Tis Love hath thee in keeping;
Green are the hills in morning light,
A long adieu to weeping!

The elfin-folk sing shrill a-ring;
Children a-field are straying;
Dance, too, thou tiny, lovely thing,
For all the world's a-maying.

Droop will the shadows of the night;
Quiet be thy sleeping.
Thou youngling fair, and dear delight,
'Tis Love hath thee in keeping.





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