Walter Mare
Walter Mare
British poet, fiction writer, supernatural story writer, and children's author who is known for such poems and stories as "The Listeners," "Out of the Deep," and "Seaton's Aunt."
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth25 April 1873
far princes ride shades
Far are the shades of Arabia, / Where the Princes ride at noon.
fish frying quick talks
Ann, Ann! / Come! quick as you can! / There's a fish that talks / In the frying pan.
beauty loved praise since thou took
Since that all things thou wouldst praise / Beauty took from those who loved them / In other days.
fields silence sleep
Silence and sleep like fields / Of amaranth lie.
ancient keys length
He is the Ancient Tapster of this Hostel, / To him at length even we all keys must resign.
eats miss odd turns whatever
It's a very odd thing / As odd as can be / That whatever Miss T. eats / Turns into Miss T.
far spell stolen wits
He is crazed with the spell of far Arabia, / They have stolen his wits away.
anybody charles colour dog hair seen ships teeth
Has anybody seen my Mopser? - / A comely dog is he, / With hair the colour of a Charles the Fifth, / And teeth like ships at sea.
dim dreams eden tales
Very old are we men; / Our dreams are tales / Told in dim Eden / By Eve's nightingales.
bet dance farmers jolly pound three
Three jolly Farmers / Once bet a pound / Each dance the other would / Off the ground.
coats horses jolly rode three
Three jolly gentlemen, / In coats of red, / Rode their horses / Up to bed.
poor sad tired
Too tired to yawn, too tired to sleep: / Poor tired Tim! It's sad for him.