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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WORLD OF DREAM, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now, through the dusk Last Line: Of the world of dream. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter Subject(s): Dreams; Nightmares | |||
Now, through the dusk With muffled bell The Dustman comes The world to tell, Night's elfin lanterns Burn and gleam In the twilight, wonderful World of Dream. Hollow and dim Sleep's boat doth ride, Heavily still At the waterside. Patter, patter, The children come, Yawning and sleepy, Out of the gloom. Like droning bees In a garden green, Over the thwarts They clamber in. And lovely Sleep With long-drawn oar Turns away From the whispering shore. Over the water Like roses glide Her hundreds of passengers Packed inside, To where in her garden Tremble and gleam The harps and lamps Of the World of Dream. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS ALL THAT'S PAST by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE |
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