Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DRUGGED, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Inert in his chair Last Line: Reality. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter | ||||||||
Inert in his chair, In a candle's guttering glow; His bottle empty, His fire sunk low; With drug-sealed lids shut fast, Unsated mouth ajar, This darkened phantasm walks Where nightmares are: In a frenzy of life and light, Crisscross -- a menacing throng -- They gibe, they squeal at the stranger, Jostling along, Their faces cadaverous grey: While on high from an attic stare Horrors, in beauty apparelled, Down the dark air. A stream gurgles over its stones, The chambers within are a-fire. Stumble his shadowy feet Through shine, through mire; And the flames leap higher. In vain yelps the wainscot mouse; In vain beats the hour; Vacant, his body must drowse Until daybreak flower -- Staining these walls with its rose, And the draughts of the morning shall stir Cold on cold brow, cold hands. And the wanderer Back to flesh house must return. Lone soul -- in horror to see, Than dream more meagre and awful, Reality. | 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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