Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LULLABY (1), by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sleep, sleep, thou lovely one! Last Line: Sleep, sleep, thou lovely one! Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter | ||||||||
Sleep, sleep, thou lovely one! The little mouse cheeps plaintively, The nightingale in the chestnut-tree -- They sing together, bird and mouse, In starlight, in darkness, lonely, sweet, The wild notes and the faint notes meet -- Sleep, sleep, thou lovely one! Sleep, sleep, thou lovely one! Amid the lilies floats the moth, The mole along his galleries goeth In the dark earth; the summer moon Looks like a shepherd through the pane Seeking his feeble lamb again -- Sleep, sleep, thou lovely one! Sleep, sleep, thou lovely one! Time comes to keep night-watch with thee, Nodding with roses, and the sea Saith 'Peace! Peace!' amid his foam. 'O be still!' The wind cries up the whispering hill -- Sleep, sleep, thou lovely one! | 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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