Walter de la Mare

Walter John de la Mare was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem "The Listeners", and for his psychological horror short fiction, including "Seaton's Aunt" and "All Hallows". In 1921, his novel Memoirs of a Midget won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, and his post-war Collected Stories for Children won the 1947 Carnegie Medal for British children's books.

Works

'SOOEEP!'

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A WIDOW'S WEEDS

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ALAS, ALACK!

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ALL BUT BLIND

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ANDY BATTLE

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AT THE KEYHOLE

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BERRIES

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BEWITCHED

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BREAD AND CHERRIES

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CAKE AND SACK

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CHICKEN

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Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes. Volume I.

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Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes. Volume II.

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Down-Adown-Derry: A Book of Fairy Poems

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DREAM SONG

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EARTH FOLK

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FIVE EYES

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FULL MOON

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GRIM

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HAPLESS

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Henry Brocken / His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance

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I CAN'T ABEAR

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JIM JAY

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KING DAVID

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LONGLEGS

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MELMILLO

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MIMA

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MISS T.

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MISTLETOE

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Motley, and other poems

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MRS. EARTH

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MRS. MACQUEEN (OR THE LOLLIE-SHOP)

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NICHOLAS NYE

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NOBODY KNOWS

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OFF THE GROUND

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OLD SHELLOVER

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Peacock Pie, a Book of Rhymes

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PEAK AND PUKE

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POOR 'MISS 7'

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POOR HENRY

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SAM

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SILVER

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SOME ONE

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SONG OF ENCHANTMENT

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Songs of Childhood

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SUMMER EVENING

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THE BANDOG

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THE BARBER'S

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THE BEES' SONG

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THE BOOKWORM

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THE CHANGELING

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THE DUNCE

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THE HONEY ROBBERS

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THE HORSEMAN

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THE HUNTSMEN

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The Listeners and Other Poems

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THE LITTLE BIRD

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THE LITTLE GREEN ORCHARD

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THE LITTLE OLD CUPID

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THE LOST SHOE

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THE MOCKING FAIRY

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THE OLD HOUSE

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THE OLD SOLDIER

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THE OLD STONE HOUSE

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THE PICTURE

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THE PIGS AND THE CHARCOAL - BURNER

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THE QUARTETTE

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The Return

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THE RIDE-BY-NIGHTS

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THE RUIN

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THE SHIP OF RIO

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THE SONG OF FINIS

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THE SONG OF SHADOWS

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THE SONG OF THE MAD PRINCE

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THE SONG OF THE SECRET

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THE SONG OF THE SOLDIERS

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The Sunken Garden, and Other Poems

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THE THIEF AT ROBIN'S CASTLE

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The Three Mulla-mulgars

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THE TRUANTS

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The Veil, and Other Poems

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THE WINDOW

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THEN

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TILLIE

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TIRED TIM

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TIT FOR TAT

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TREES

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UNSTOOPING

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UP AND DOWN

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WANDERERS

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WILL EVER?

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About the author

Walter de la Mare

Language of works

english

Born/died

1873 — 1956

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