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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MASTER RABBIT, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: As I was walking
Last Line: A human near!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
First Line: As I was walking
Last Line: A human near!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
As I was walking,
Thyme sweet to my nose,
Green grasshoppers talking,
Rose rivalling rose:
Wings clear as amber,
Outspread in the light,
As from bush to bush
The Linnet took flight:
Master Rabbit I saw
In the shadow-rimmed mouth
Of his sandy cavern
Looking out to the South.
'Twas dew-tide coming,
The turf was sweet
To nostril, curved tooth,
And wool-soft feet.
Sun was in West,
Crystal in beam
Of its golden shower
Did his round eye gleam.
Lank horror was I,
And a foe, poor soul --
Snowy flit of a scut,
He was into his hole:
And -- stamp, stamp, stamp
Through dim labyrinths clear --
The whole world darkened:
A Human near!
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