The Sunken Garden, and Other Poems

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THE LITTLE SALAMANDER: TO MARGOT

THE SUNKEN GARDEN

THE RIDDLERS

MRS. GRUNDY

THE DARK HOUSE

MISTRESS FELL

THE STRANGER

THE FLIGHT

THE REMONSTRANCE

THE EXILE

EYES

THE TRYST

THE OLD MEN

THE FOOL'S SONG

THE DREAMER

MOTLEY

TO E. T.: 1917

ALEXANDER

FOR ALL THE GRIEF

FAREWELL

CLEAR EYES

MUSIC

IN A CHURCHYARD

TWO HOUSES

THE SUNKEN GARDEN

This is the second book issued by the Beaumont Press 20 copies have been printed on Japanese vellum signed by the author and numbered 1 to 20 and 250 copies on hand-made paper numbered 21 to 270. This is No. 200.

T H E     S U N K E N
G A R D E N

AND   OTHER   POEMS   BY
WALTER   DE   LA   MARE

CONTENTS

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THE LITTLE SALAMANDER
When I go free, 9
THE SUNKEN GARDEN
Speak not—whisper not; 10
THE RIDDLERS
‘Thou Solitary!’ the Blackbird cried, 11
MRS. GRUNDY
‘Step very softly, sweet Quiet-foot, 13
THE DARK HOUSE
See this house, how dark it is 15
MISTRESS FELL
‘Whom seek you here, sweet Mistress Fell?’ 16
THE STRANGER
In the woods as I did walk, 18
THE FLIGHT
How do the days press on, and lay 19
THE REMONSTRANCE
I was at peace until you came 20
THE EXILE
I am that Adam who, with Snake for guest, 21
EYES
O Strange Devices that alone divide 22
THE TRYST
Why in my heart, O grief, 23
THE OLD MEN
Old and alone, sit we, 25
THE FOOL’S SONG
Never, no, never, listen too long, 26
THE DREAMER
O Thou who giving helm and sword, 27
MOTLEY
Come, Death, have a word with thee; 28
TO E. T.: 1917.
You sleep too well—too far away, 31
ALEXANDER
It was the great Alexander, 32
FOR ALL THE GRIEF
For all the grief I have given with words 34
FAREWELL
When I lie where shades of darkness 35
CLEAR EYES
Clear eyes do dim at last, 36
MUSIC
When Music sounds, gone is the earth I know, 37
IN A CHURCHYARD
As children bidden to go to bed 38
TWO HOUSES
In the strange city of life 39
COLOPHON 40


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