Sunday, April 8, 2012

Dream-Song

Sun-light, moonlight,
Twilight, starlight-
Gloaming at the close of day,
And an owl calling,
Cool dews falling
In a wood of oak and may.

Lantern-light, taper-light,
Torchlight, no-light:
Darkness at the shut of day,
And lions roaring,
Their wrath pouring
In wild waste places far way.

Elf-light, bat-light,
Touchwood-light and toad-light,
And the sea a shimmering gloom of grey,
And a small face smiling
In a dream's beguiling
In a world of wonders far away.

-Walter De La Mare

1 comment:

  1. That is so beautiful, one of those things you read and think, 'I wish I'd wrote that!' Thanks for sharing :)

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