Jemima is my name,
But oh, I have another;
My father always calls me Meg,
And so do Bob and mother;
Only my sister, jealous of
The strands of my bright hair,
'Jemima - Mima - Mima!'
Calls, mocking, up the stair.

(C) Walter De La Mare
03/10/2020


Best Poems of Walter De La Mare

• The Scarecrow
• Tartary
• The Mocking Fairy
• The Reawakening
• The Truants
• Hi!
• The Grey Wolf
• The Strangers
• Mistletoe
• Will Ever?
• Nobody Knows
• Martha
• The Children Of Stare
• Tit For Tat
• Unstooping
• The Night-swans
• Alone
• How Sleep The Brave