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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE OLD MEN, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Old and alone, sit we Last Line: Yet, reluctant, we go. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter | |||
Old and alone, sit we, Caged, riddle-rid men; Lost to Earth's 'Listen!' and 'See!' Thought's 'Wherefore?' and 'When?' Only far memories stray Of a past once lovely, but now Wasted and faded away, Like green leaves from the bough. Vast broods the silence of night, The ruinous moon Lifts on our faces her light, Whence all dreaming is gone. We speak not; trembles each head; In their sockets our eyes are still; Desire as cold as the dead; Without wonder or will. And One, with a lanthorn, draws near, At clash with the moon in our eyes: 'Where art thou?' he asks: 'I am here,' One by one we arise. And none lifts a hand to withhold A friend from the touch of that foe: Heart cries unto heart, 'Thou art old!' Yet, reluctant, we go. | 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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