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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RAVEN'S TOMB, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Build me my tomb,' the raven said
Last Line: In his tomb is laid away.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Graves; Ravens; Tombs; Tombstones
First Line: Build me my tomb,' the raven said
Last Line: In his tomb is laid away.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Graves; Ravens; Tombs; Tombstones
'Build me my tomb,' the Raven said
'Within the dark yew-tree,
So in the Autumn yewberries,
Sad lamps, may burn for me,
Summon the haunted beetle,
From twilight bud and bloom,
To drone a gloomy dirge for me
At dusk above my tomb.
Beseech ye too the glowworm
To rear her cloudy flame,
Where the small, flickering bats resort,
Whistling in tears my name.
Let the round dew a whisper make,
Welling on twig and thorn;
And only the grey cock at night
Call through his silver horn.
And you, dear sisters, don your black
For ever and a day,
To show how true a raven
In his tomb is laid away.'
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