Selected Poems (Faber Paper Covered Editions) [Paperback]

Walter J. De La Mare (Author)

Book Description

Series: Faber Paper Covered Editions | Publication Date: April 2001

A collection of poetry by the acclaimed British novelist, poet, and anthologist draws on natural imagery and traditional poetic forms to celebrate the beauty of nature, while at the same time prompting the reader to reflect on the implications of mortality. Original.

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'...all Gone...'
Absalom
Afraid
All That's Past
Alone (2)
Arabia
Arrogance
At Ease
Autumn
Away
Babel
The Ballad Of Christmas
Be Angry Now No More!
Before Dawn
The Birthnight: To F
Blondin
The Bourne
Bunches Of Grapes
The Burning Glass: A Portrait
The Burning Glass: The Scarecrow
The Burning-glass
The Chart
A Child Asleep
Courage
Cupid Kept In
Day
De Profundis
The Double
A Dream
Dreams
Drugged
Dust
Dust To Dust
Echoes
The Encounter
England (2)
The Englishman
Enigmas
An Epitaph
An Epitaph
Even In The Grave
The Exile
False Gods
Fare Well
The Fleeting
The Fleeting: Memory
The Fleeting: The Owl
For All The Grief
Foreboding
Frescoes In An Old Church
The Gnomon
Good-bye
The Happy Encounter
A Hare
Haunted
Henry Vaughan
Here I Sit
Hi!
The Holly
'how Sleep The Brave'
I Dream Of A Place
I Met At Eve
I Sit Alone
The Imagination's Pride
In A Library
In The Local Museum
'incomprehensible'
Inward Companion: The Dreamer
Inward Companion: The Dunce
Inward Companion: Words
'it Was The Last Time He Was Seen Alive'
Izaak Walton
John Mouldy
Jonathan Swift
Keep Innocency
King David
Kings
The Last Coachload; To Colin
Like Sisters
The Linnet
The Listeners
The Listeners: Night
The Looking-glass
Lucy
Marching Song
Martha
Martins
Memory
Memory: A Portrait
Mercutio
The Mother Bird
Motley
Motley: Music
Motley: Peace
Motley: The Ghost
Motley: The Revenant
Music Unheard
Napoleon
Nicholas Nye
No
Nod
Noon And Night Flower
Not I!
Not Only
O Lovely England
Off The Ground
The Old Author
The Old Sailor
Pale-face
A Pot Of Musk
A Prayer
Precious Stones
Quiet
The Quiet Enemy
The Railway Junction
The Reawakening
A Recluse
Remembrance
Rhymes And Verses: All But Blind
Rose
A Rose In Water
The Round
The Ruinous Abbey
The 'satire'
The Scarecrow
Scholars
The Scribe
Sea-magic; To R.i.
Seen And Heard
Shadow (1)
A Sign
Silver
The Silver Penny
Sleep
Slim Cunning Hands
The Snowdrop
Snowing
Son Of Man
Song
The Song Of The Mad Prince
The Song Of The Shadows
Sotto Voce; To Edward Thomas
The Spark
The Spectacle
Stars
The Strange Spirit
The Stranger (1)
The Sunken Garden
Tartary
They Told Me
Thomas Hardy
The Three Cherry Trees
Thus Her Tale
To E. T.: 1917
To K.m.
To My Mother
The Traveller
Trees
Under The Rose
Unregarding
The Unrent Pattern
The Unutterable
Unwitting
The Vacant Day
Vain Questioning
The Veil
The Veil: The Flower
The Visionary
The Voice
The Water Midden's Song
We Who Have Watched
What?
When Love Flies In
Winter Dusk
A Young Girl
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

About the Author

Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was a poet, novelist, and anthologist. The recipient of numerous awards, he held honorary degrees from Oxford, Cambridge, and several other universities.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Faber & Faber (April 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0571104010
• ISBN-13: 978-0571104017
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.3 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,119,864 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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