Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SORCERY, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What voice is that I hear Last Line: Death's stretching sea. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter | ||||||||
'What voice is that I hear Crying across the pool?' 'It is the voice of Pan you hear, Crying his sorceries shrill and clear, In the twilight dim and cool.' 'What song is it he sings, Echoing from afar; While the sweet swallow bends her wings, Filling the air with twitterings, Beneath the brightening star?' The woodman answered me, His faggot on his back: -- 'Seek not the face of Pan to see; Flee from his clear note summoning thee To darkness deep and black! 'He dwells in the thickest shade, Piping his notes forlorn Of sorrow never to be allayed; Turn from his coverts sad Of twilight unto morn!' The woodman passed away Along the forest path; His axe shone keen and grey In the last beams of day: And all was still as death: -- Only Pan singing sweet Out of Earth's fragrant shade; I dreamed his eyes to meet, And found but shadow laid Before my tired feet. Comes no more dawn to me, Nor bird of open skies. Only his woods' deep gloom I see Till, at the end of all, shall rise, Afar and tranquilly, Death's stretching sea. | 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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