Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SONG OF FINIS, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE



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First Line: At the edge of all the ages
Last Line: And quiet did quiet remain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter


At the edge of All the Ages
A Knight sate on his steed,
His armour red and thin with rust,
His soul from sorrow freed;
And he lifted up his visor
From a face of skin and bone,
And his horse turned head and whinnied
As the twain stood there alone.

No Bird above that steep of time
Sang of a livelong quest;
No wind breathed,
Rest:
'Lone for an end!' cried Knight to steed,
Loosed an eager rein --
Charged with his challenge into Space:
And quiet did quiet remain.





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