Far inland here Death's pinions mocked the roar
Of English seas;
We sleep to wake no more,
Hushed, and at ease;
Till sound a trump, shore on to echoing shore,
Rouse from a peace, unwonted then to war,
Us and our enemies.

(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