Echo

Echo written by Walter de la Mare

Poems (1906)

Link to further information

"Who called?" I said, and the words
     Through the whispering glades,
Hither, thither, baffled the birds--
     "Who called? Who called?"

The leafy boughs on high
     Hissed in the sun;
The dark air carried my cry
     Faintingly on:

Eyes in the green, in the shade,
     In the motionless brake,
Voices that said what I said,
     For mockery's sake:

"Who cares?" I bawled through my tears;
     The wind fell low:
In the silence, "Who cares? who cares?"
     Wailed to and fro.

This work is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is the author's life plus 50 years or less, but may still be copyrighted in the USA and some countries in Europe. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether the works are in the public domain in his or her respective country.