Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PICTURE, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here is a sea-legged sailor Last Line: The painter has kept to himself. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter | ||||||||
Here is a sea-legged sailor, Come to this tottering inn, Just when the bronze on its signboard is fading, And the black shades of evening begin. With his head on his paws sleeps a sheepdog, There stoops the shepherd, and see, All follow-my-leader the ducks waddle homeward, Under the sycamore tree. Burned brown is the face of the sailor; His bundle is crimson; and green Are the thick leafy boughs that hang dense o'er the tavern; And blue the far meadows between. But the crust, ale and cheese of the sailor, His mug and his platter of Delf, And the crescent to light home the shepherd and sheepdog The painter has kept to himself. | 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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