An ominous bird sang from its branch, "Beware, O Wanderer! Night 'mid her flowers of glamourie spilled Draws swiftly near: "Night with her darkened caravans, Piled deep with silver and myrrh, Draws from the portals of the East, O Wanderer near." "Night who walks plumed through the fields Of stars that strangely stir -- Smitten to fire by the sandals of him Who walks with her."
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Authorship:
- by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "Beware!", appears in The Listeners and Other Poems, first published 1912 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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