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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LONGLEGS, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Longlegs - he yelled 'coo-ee!'
Last Line: A thin 'coo-ee!'
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
First Line: Longlegs - he yelled 'coo-ee!'
Last Line: A thin 'coo-ee!'
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Longlegs -- he yelled 'Coo-ee!'
And all across the combe
Shrill and shrill it rang -- rang through
The clear green gloom.
Fairies there were a-spinning,
And a white tree-maid
Lifted her eyes, and listened
In her rain-sweet glade.
Bunnie to bunnie stamped; old Wat
Chin-deep in bracken sate;
A throstle piped, 'I'm by, I'm by!'
Clear to his timid mate.
And there was Longlegs straddling,
And hearkening was he,
To distant Echo thrilling back
A thin 'Coo-ee!'
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