Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LITTLE BIRD, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE


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First Line: My dear daddie bought a mansion
Last Line: Wee small bird. And that was me.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Home


My dear Daddie bought a mansion
For to bring my Mammie to,
In a hat with a long feather,
And a trailing gown of blue;
And a company of fiddlers
And a rout of maids and men
Danced the clock round to the morning,
In a gay house-warming then.
And when all the guests were gone -- and
All was still as still can be,
In from the dark ivy hopped a
Wee small bird. And that was Me.





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