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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STRANGER (2), by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Half-hidden in a graveyard Last Line: Its secret with the dead. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter | |||
Half-hidden in a graveyard, In the blackness of a yew, Where never living creature stirs, Nor sunbeam pierces through, Is a tomb-stone, green and crooked -- Its faded legend gone -- With one rain-worn cherub's head To sing of the unknown. There, when the dusk is falling, Silence broods so deep It seems that every air that breathes Sighs from the fields of sleep. Day breaks in heedless beauty, Kindling each drop of dew, But unforsaking shadow dwells Beneath this lonely yew. And, all else lost and faded, Only this listening head Keeps with a strange unanswering smile Its secret with the dead. | 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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