Master Rabbit

Master Rabbit written by Walter de la Mare

Flora: A Book of Drawings (1919)

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 As I was walking,
 Thyme sweet to my nose,
 Green grasshoppers talking,
 Rose rivalling rose:

 Wings clear as amber,
 Outspread in the light,
 As from bush to bush
 The Linnet took flight:

 Master Rabbit I saw
 In the shadow-rimmed mouth
 Of his sandy cavern,
 Looking out to the South.

 'Twas dew-tide coming,
 The turf was sweet
 To nostril, curved tooth,
 And wool-soft feet.

 Sun was in West,
 Crystal in beam
 Of its golden shower
 Did his round eye gleam.

 Lank horror was I,
 And a foe, poor soul —
 Snowy flit of a scut,
 He was into his hole:

 And — stamp, stamp, stamp
 Through dim labyrinths clear -
 The whole world darkened;
 A Human near!

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