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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DISGUISE, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Why in my heart, o grief
Last Line: Pierce the skies.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
First Line: Why in my heart, o grief
Last Line: Pierce the skies.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Why in my heart, O Grief,
Dost thou in beauty hide?
Dead is my well-content,
And buried deep my pride.
Cold are their stones, beloved,
To hand and side.
The shadows of evening are gone,
Shut are the day's clear flowers,
Now have her birds left mute
Their singing bowers,
Lone shall we be, we twain,
In the night hours.
Thou with thy cheek on mine,
And dark hair loosed, shalt see
Take the far stars for fruit
The cypress tree,
And in the yew's black
Shall the moon be.
We will tell no old tales,
Nor heed if in wandering air
Die a lost song of love
Or the once fair;
Still as well-water be
The thoughts we share!
And, while the ghosts keep
Tryst from chill sepulchres,
Dreamless our gaze shall sleep,
And sealed our ears;
Heart unto heart will speak,
Without tears.
O, thy veiled, lovely face --
Joy's strange disguise --
Shall be the last to fade
From these rapt eyes,
Ere the first dart of daybreak
Pierce the skies.
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