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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SUPPER, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A wolf he pricks with eyes of fire Last Line: While jane unharmed goes. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter | |||
A wolf he pricks with eyes of fire Across the dark, frost-crusted snows, Seeking his prey, He pads his way Where Jane benighted goes, Where Jane benighted goes. He curdles the bleak air with ire, Ruffling his hoary raiment through, And lo! he sees Beneath the trees Where Jane's light footprints go, Where Jane's light footprints go. No hound peals thus in wicked joy, He snaps his muzzle in the snows, His five-clawed feet Now scamper fleet Where Jane's bright lanthorn shows, Where Jane's bright lanthorn shows. His hungry face stares out unseen On hers as pure as wilding rose, Her amber eyes In fear's surprise Watch largely as she goes, Watch largely as she goes. Salt wells his hunger in his jaws, His lust it revels to and fro Yet small beneath A soft voice saith, 'Jane shall in safety go, Jane shall in safety go.' He lurched as if a fiery lash Had scourged his hide, and through, and through His furious eyes O'erscanned the skies, But nearer dared not go, But nearer dared not go. He reared like wild Bucephalus, His fangs like spears in him uprose, Ev'n to the town Jane's flitting gown He grins on as she goes, He grins on as she goes. In fierce lament he howls amain, He scampers, marvelling in his throes What brought him there To sup on air, While Jane unharmed goes, While Jane unharmed goes. | 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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