Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INWARD COMPANION: THE DREAMER, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O thou who giving helm and sword Last Line: Is sleep. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter | ||||||||
O thou who giving helm and sword, Gav'st too the rusting rain, And starry dark's all tender dews To blunt and stain: Out of the battle I am sped, Unharmed, yet stricken sore; A living shape amid whispering shades On Lethe's shore. No trophy in my hands I bring, To this sad, sighing stream, The neighings and the trumps and cries Were but a dream. Traitor to life, of life betrayed O, of thy mercy deep, A dream my all, the all I ask Is sleep. | 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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