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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DOWN-ADOWN-DERRY, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Down-adown-derry, / sweet annie maroon Last Line: Singing down-adown-derry. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter | |||
Down-adown-derry, Sweet Annie Maroon, Gathering daisies In the meadows of Doone, Sees a white fairy Skip buxom and free Where the waters go brawling In rills to the sea; Singing down-adown-derry. Down-adown-derry, Sweet Annie Maroon Through the green grasses Peeps softly; and soon Spies under green willows A fairy whose song Like the smallest of bubbles Floats bobbing along; Singing down-adown-derry. Down-adown-derry Her cheeks are like wine, Her eyes in her wee face Like water-sparks shine, Her niminy fingers Her sleek tresses preen, The which in the combing She peeps out between; Singing down-adown-derry. "Down-adown-derry," And shrill was her tune: -- "Come to my water-house, Annie Maroon, Come in your dimity, Ribbon on head, To wear siller seaweed And coral instead; Singing down-adown-derry." "Down-adown-derry, Lean fish of the sea, Bring lanthorns for feasting The gay FaÎrie; 'Tis sand for the dancing, A music all sweet In the water-green gloaming For thistledown feet; Singing down-adown-derry." Down-adown-derry, Sweet Annie Maroon Looked large on the fairy Curled wan as the moon; And all the grey ripples To the Mill racing by, With harps and with timbrels Did ringing reply; Singing down-adown-derry. "Down-adown-derry," Sang the Fairy of Doone, Piercing the heart Of sweet Annie Maroon; And lo! when like roses The clouds of the sun Faded at dusk, gone Was Annie Maroon; Singing down-adown-derry. Down-adown-derry, The daisies are few; Frost twinkles powd'ry In haunts of the dew; And only the robin, Perched on a thorn, Can comfort the heart Of a father forlorn; Singing down-adown-derry. Down-adown-derry Snow's on the air; Ice where the lily Bloomed waxen and fair; He may call o'er the water, Cry -- cry through the Mill, But Annie Maroon, alas ! Answer ne'er will; Singing down-adown-derry. | 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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