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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLD BEN, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sad is old ben thistlethwaite Last Line: Greener the moss-grown tree. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter | |||
Sad is old Ben Thistlethwaite, Now his day is done, And all his children Far away are gone. He sits beneath his jasmined porch, His stick between his knees, His eyes fixed, vacant, On his moss-grown trees. Grass springs in the green path, His flowers are lean and dry, His thatch hangs in wisps against The evening sky. He has no heart to care now, Though the winds will blow Whistling in his casement, And the rain drip through. He thinks of his old Bettie, How she would shake her head and say, 'You'll live to wish my sharp old tongue Could scold -- some day.' But as in pale high autumn skies The swallows float and play, His restless thoughts pass to and fro, But nowhere stay. Soft, on the morrow, they are gone; His garden then will be Denser and shadier and greener, Greener the moss-grown tree. | 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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