Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SHADE, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Darker than night; and, oh, much darker, she Last Line: To gloomy hades and the whispering shore! Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter | ||||||||
Darker than night; and, oh, much darker, she Whose eyes in deep night darkness gaze on me. No stars surround her; yet the moon seems hid Afar somewhere, beneath that narrow lid. She darkens against the darkness; and her face Only by adding thought to thought I trace, Limmed shadowily: O dream, return once more To gloomy Hades and the whispering shore! | 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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