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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ENGLAND (2), by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: No lovelier hills than thine have laid
Last Line: And thine my darkness be.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): England; English
First Line: No lovelier hills than thine have laid
Last Line: And thine my darkness be.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): England; English
No lovelier hills than thine have laid
My tired thoughts to rest:
No peace of lovelier valleys made
Like peace within my breast.
Thine are the woods whereto my soul,
Out of the noontide beam,
Flees for a refuge green and cool
And tranquil as a dream.
Thy breaking seas like trumpets peal;
Thy clouds -- how oft have I
Watched their bright towers of silence steal
Into infinity!
My heart within me faints to roam
In thought even far from thee:
Thine be the grave whereto I come,
And thine my darkness be.
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