Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LABYRINTH, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I marvelled at earth's glory, her grey seas Last Line: How shall I through these dreams thy realty trace! Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter | ||||||||
I marvelled at earth's glory, her grey seas Which stretch in light in confines of the sky, At her still mountains reared immovably, The fear and wonder of her leafy trees; Much more I marvelled, musing at my ease, On man and all his curious history, The scars and pangs of his antiquity, The childlike splendour of his fantasies, How, like earth's grass, he flourishes and goes -- His grief, his love, his passion, and his fear, His ant-like labours, his sublime repose -- Yet finds no peace to be accomplished here. O God, I said, who mewed me in this place, How shall I through these dreams Thy realty trace! | 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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