Songs of Childhood

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Songs of Childhood by Walter de la Mare is a collection of forty-seven poems about subjects and experiences familiar to children. The text says the poetry of Walter de la Mare has the honest candor of the border ballads and the fairy tales, with unmitigated joys beside the dangers and horrors and sorrows that every child soon knows to be part of the world.

Under the heading THE GAGE, a voice calls to Lady Jane that her hound has broken bounds again and chased a timorous deer, and a reply is addressed to Lord Aërie. Under the heading THE LAMPLIGHTER, a swift angel kindles God's tapers while a lamplighter with an ashen staff passes along the darkling streets to light our earthly lamps.

About the author

Walter de la Mare

Walter de la Mare (1873 to 1956) was an English poet, novelist, and short-story writer, celebrated for his verse for children and for eerie, delicate tales of the supernatural. He worked as a clerk before writing full time, winning wide acclaim for his imaginative range.