Classic and Contemporary Poetry
KING DAVID, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: King david was a sorrowful man Last Line: Till all his own was gone. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter | ||||||||
King David was a sorrowful man: No cause for his sorrow had he: And he called for the music of a hundred harps, To solace his melancholy. They played till they all fell silent: Played -- and play sweet did they; But the sorrow that haunted the heart of King David They could not charm away. He rose; and in his garden Walked by the moon alone, A nightingale hidden in a cypress-tree Jargoned on and on. King David lifted his sad eyes Into the dark-boughed tree -- 'Tell me, thou little bird that singest, Who taught my grief to thee?' But the bird in no wise heeded; And the king in the cool of the moon Hearkened to the nightingale's sorrowfulness, Till all his own was gone. | 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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