Ten Poems

Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was a popular and successful poet, the master of dusk and night. His atmospheric descriptions halt the reader’s mind in its tracks. This pamphlet includes his best-known poems, such as &#8216The Listeners&#8217 and &#8216Silver&#8217 and introduces us to some others, less well known.

“Walter de la Mare questioned everything, including or, rather, above all the things that everyone round him had become quite sure about. But he rarely or never stayed for an answer. He just went on writing with an unfettered mind unfettered poetry.”

Owen Barfield, poet and philosopher (1898-1997)

Contents

Silver
The Quiet Enemy
The Moth
The Listeners
The Ghost
The Railway Junction
Sotto Voce
Still Life
The Corner Stone
The Old Author