Eight Poems of Walter de la Mare

Applecumjockably, blindfold eye!
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• by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "Blindman's In", appears in Bells and Grass: A Book of Rhymes, first published 1941

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Set by Pamela Harrison (1915 - 1990), published 1956 [ soprano or tenor and piano ]

Annie has run to the mill dam
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• by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "Dreamland", appears in Bells and Grass: A Book of Rhymes, first published 1941

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Set by Pamela Harrison (1915 - 1990), published 1956 [ soprano or tenor and piano ]

This feather-soft creature
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• by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "A goldfinch", appears in Bells and Grass: A Book of Rhymes, first published 1941

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Set by Pamela Harrison (1915 - 1990), published 1956 [ soprano or tenor and piano ]

Oh, my pretty Nicoletta
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• by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "Nicoletta", appears in Bells and Grass: A Book of Rhymes, first published 1941

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Set by Pamela Harrison (1915 - 1990), published 1956 [ soprano or tenor and piano ]

Monkeys in a forest
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• by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "Where", appears in Bells and Grass: A Book of Rhymes, first published 1941

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Set by Pamela Harrison (1915 - 1990), published 1956 [ soprano or tenor and piano ]

Once was a miller
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Text Authorship:

• by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "White", appears in Bells and Grass: A Book of Rhymes, first published 1941

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Set by Pamela Harrison (1915 - 1990), published 1956 [ soprano or tenor and piano ]

Ever, ever
Stir and shiver
The reeds and rushes
By the river:
Ever, ever,
As if in dream,
The lone moon’s silver
Sleeks the stream.
What old sorrow,
What lost love,
Moon, reeds, rushes,
Dream you of?

Text Authorship:

• by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), "Why?", appears in Bells and Grass: A Book of Rhymes, first published 1941 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Set by Pamela Harrison (1915 - 1990), published 1956 [ soprano or tenor and piano ]
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