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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FOOL'S SONG, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Never, no never, listen too long Last Line: With platter and finger and spoon -- and good victuals at least. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter | |||
Never, no never, listen too long, To the chattering wind in the willows, the night bird's song. 'Tis sad in sooth to lie under the grass, But none too gladsome to wake and grow cold where life's shadows pass. Dumb the old Toll-Woman squats, And, for every green copper battered and worn, doles out Nevers and Nots. I know a Blind Man, too, Who with a sharp ear listens and listens the whole world through. Oh, sit we snug to our feast, With platter and finger and spoon -- and good victuals at least. | 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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