Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE



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First Line: O for a moon to light me home!
Last Line: Dreams still as rain!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter


O for a moon to light me home!
O for a lanthorn green!
For those sweet stars the Pleiades,
That glitter in the twilight trees;
O for a lovelorn taper! O
For a lanthorn green!

O for a frock of tartan!
O for clear, wild, grey eyes!
For fingers light as violets,
'Neath branches that the blackbird frets;
O for a thistly meadow! O
For clear, wild, grey eyes!

O for a heart like almond boughs!
O for sweet thoughts like rain!
O for first-love like fields of grey,
Shut April-buds at break of day!
O for a sleep like music!
Dreams still as rain!





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