Some one came knockingAt my wee, small door;Some one came knocking,I’m sure—sure—sure;I listened, I opened,I looked to left and right,But nought there was a-stirringIn the still dark night;Only the busy beetleTap-tapping on the wall,Only from the forestThe screech-owl’s call,Only the cricket whistlingWhile the dewdrops fall,So I know not who came knocking, At all, at all, … Continue reading Poem – “Some One”
Walter de la Mare
Poem – “Napoleon”
'What is the world, O soldiers?It is I:I, this incessant snow,This northern sky;Soldiers, this solitudeThrough which we goIs I.'-Walter de la Mare
Poem – “Silver”
Slowly, silently, now the moonWalks the night in her silver shoon;This way, and that, she peers, and seesSilver fruit upon silver trees;One by one the casements catchHer beams beneath the silvery thatch;Couched in his kennel, like a log,With paws of silver sleeps the dog;From their shadowy cote the white breasts peepOf doves in a silver-feathered … Continue reading Poem – “Silver”
Serpent's Den 