Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE WATER MIDDEN'S SONG, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE



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First Line: Bubble, bubble, / swim to see
Last Line: For singing's sake.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter


Bubble, Bubble,
Swim to see
Oh, how beautiful
I be.

Fishes, Fishes,
Finned and fine,
What's your gold
Compared with mine?

Why, then, has
Wise Tishnar made
One so lovely
One so sad?

Lone am I,
And can but make
A little song,
For singing's sake.





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