Selected Poems

And he felt in his heart their strangeness, Their stillness answering his cry, While his horse moved, cropping the dark turf, 'Neath the starred & leafy sky; For he suddenly smote on the door, even Louder, & lifted his head:-- 'Tell them I came, & no one answered, That I kept my word,' he said. --from "The Listeners" This volume of Walter de la Mare's poems offers both the longtime fan & the new reader a thoughtful selection of his most poignant writing. Reminiscent of the works of Robert Louis Stevenson & Robert Frost, & very much descended from the English Romantic movement, these lyrical poems draw on natural imagery & traditional poetic forms to celebrate the beauty of nature, while simultaneously prompting the reader to reflect on the implications of mortality. Collected herein are such classics as "The Listeners" & "The Traveler," as well as a number of de la Mare's rhymes & verses for children. Poetry students will appreciate his skillful use of meter & language, while the more casual reader will enjoy the simple but evocative incantations of the natural world by a master poet.de la Mare, Walter is the author of 'Selected Poems' with ISBN 9780571104017 and ISBN 0571104010.