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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SCRIBE, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What lovely things / thy hand hath made Last Line: Thou, lord, and I. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter Subject(s): God; Secretaries | |||
What lovely things Thy hand hath made: The smooth-plumed bird In its emerald shade, The seed of the grass, The speck of stone Which the wayfaring ant Stirs -- and hastes on! Though I should sit By some tarn in thy hills, Using its ink As the spirit wills To write of Earth's wonders, Its live, willed things, Flit would the ages On soundless wings Ere unto Z My pen drew nigh; Leviathan told, And the honey-fly: And still would remain My wit to try -- My worn reeds broken, The dark tarn dry, All words forgotten -- Thou, Lord, and I. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO LALAGE (ON HER RESIGNATION AS FILE CLERK) by RHEINHART KLEINER SHORTHAND by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS SECRETARY'S STORY by JAMES LAUGHLIN SECRETARY OF LIQUOR' by MARK RUDMAN ALL THAT'S PAST by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ALONE (2) by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE |
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