THE SUNKEN GARDEN

This is the second book issued by the Beaumont Press 20 copies have been printed on Japanese vellum signed by the author and numbered 1 to 20 and 250 copies on hand-made paper numbered 21 to 270. This is No. 200.

T H E S U N K E N
G A R D E N
AND OTHER POEMS BY
WALTER DE LA MARE

CONTENTS

Page
[THE LITTLE SALAMANDER]
When I go free,[9]
[THE SUNKEN GARDEN]
Speak not—whisper not;[10]
[THE RIDDLERS]
‘Thou Solitary!’ the Blackbird cried,[11]
[MRS. GRUNDY]
‘Step very softly, sweet Quiet-foot,[13]
[THE DARK HOUSE]
See this house, how dark it is[15]
[MISTRESS FELL]
‘Whom seek you here, sweet Mistress Fell?’[16]
[THE STRANGER]
In the woods as I did walk,[18]
[THE FLIGHT]
How do the days press on, and lay[19]
[THE REMONSTRANCE]
I was at peace until you came[20]
[THE EXILE]
I am that Adam who, with Snake for guest,[21]
[EYES]
O Strange Devices that alone divide[22]
[THE TRYST]
Why in my heart, O grief,[23]
[THE OLD MEN]
Old and alone, sit we,[25]
[THE FOOL’S SONG]
Never, no, never, listen too long,[26]
[THE DREAMER]
O Thou who giving helm and sword,[27]
[MOTLEY]
Come, Death, have a word with thee;[28]
[TO E. T.: 1917.]
You sleep too well—too far away,[31]
[ALEXANDER]
It was the great Alexander,[32]
[FOR ALL THE GRIEF]
For all the grief I have given with words[34]
[FAREWELL]
When I lie where shades of darkness[35]
[CLEAR EYES]
Clear eyes do dim at last,[36]
[MUSIC]
When Music sounds, gone is the earth I know,[37]
[IN A CHURCHYARD]
As children bidden to go to bed[38]
[TWO HOUSES]
In the strange city of life[39]
[COLOPHON][40]