'Build me my tomb,' the Raven said,
'Within the dark yew-tree,
So in the Autumn yewberries
Sad lamps may burn for me.
Summon the haunted beetle,
From twilight bud and bloom,
To drone a gloomy dirge for me
At dusk above my tomb.
Beseech ye too the glowworm
To bear her cloudy flame,
Where the small, flickering bats resort,
Whistling in tears my name.
Let the round dew a whisper make,
Welling on twig and thorn;
And only the grey cock at night
Call through his silver horn.
And you, dear sisters, don your black
For ever and a day,
To show how sweet a raven
In his tomb is laid away.'
The Raven's Tomb
Walter De La Mare
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Poem topics: autumn, away, dark, night, sad, silver, tree, dear, sweet, small, whisper, flame, black, gloomy, Valentine's Day, bloom, raven, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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