Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TWO HOUSES, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the strange city of life Last Line: Where dark doth dwell. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter | ||||||||
In the strange city of Life Two houses I know well: One wherein Silence a garden hath, And one where Dark doth dwell. Roof unto roof they stand, Shadowing the dizzied street, Where Vanity flaunts her gilded booths In the noontide glare and heat. Green-graped upon their walls An ancient, hoary vine Hath clustered their carven, lichenous stones With tendril serpentine. And ever and anon, Dazed in that clamorous throng, I thirst for the soundless fount that stills Those orchards mute of song. Knock, knock, nor knock in vain: Heart all thy secrets tell Where Silence a fast-sealed garden hath, Where Dark doth dwell. | 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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