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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FEAR, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I know where lurk
Last Line: The day!'
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Fear
First Line: I know where lurk
Last Line: The day!'
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Fear
I know where lurk
The eyes of Fear;
I, I alone,
Where shadowy-clear,
Watching for me,
Lurks Fear.
'Tis ever still
And dark, despite
All singing and
All candlelight,
'Tis ever cold,
And night.
He touches me;
Says quietly,
'Stir not, nor whisper,
I am nigh;
Walk noiseless on,
I am by!'
He drives me
As a dog a sheep;
Like a cold stone
I cannot weep.
He lifts me,
Hot from sleep,
In marble hands
To where on high
The jewelled horror
Of his eye
Dares me to struggle
Or cry.
No breast wherein
To chase away
That watchful shape!
Vain, vain to say,
'Haunt not with night
The day!'
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