Walter de la Mare Quotes
1873 – 1956
English poet and novelist.
20 quotesAbout Walter de la Mare on Wikipedia
“Slowly, silently, now the moon Walks the night in her silver shoon.”
“It's a very odd thing— As odd as can be— That whatever Miss T. eats Turns into Miss T.”
“Oh, no man knows Through what wild centuries Roves back the rose.”
“We wake and whisper awhile, But, the day gone by, Silence and sleep like fields Of amaranth lie.”
“Dobbin at manger pulls his hay: Gone is another summer’s day.”
“Old Rover in his moss-greened house Mumbles a bone, and barks at a mouse.”
“Three jolly huntsmen, In coats of red, Rode their horses Up to bed.”
“Tell them I came, and no one answered, That I kept my word," he said.”
“Some one came knocking At my wee, small door; Some one came knocking, I’m sure—sure—sure.”
