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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SPECTRE, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In cloudy quiet of the day Last Line: For the true and fair!' Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter | |||
In cloudy quiet of the day, While thrush and robin perched mute on spray, A spectre by the window sat, Brooding thereat. He marked the greenness of the Spring, Daffodil blowing, bird a-wing -- Yet dark the house the years had made Within that Shade. Blinded the rooms wherein no foot falls. Faded the portraits on the walls. Reverberating, shakes the air A river there. Coursing in flood, its infinite roars; From pit to pit its water pours; And he, with countenance unmoved, Hears cry: -- 'Beloved, 'Oh, ere the day be utterly spent, Return, return, from banishment. The night thick-gathers. Weep a prayer For the true and fair!' | 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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