The Familiar

The Familiar written by Walter de la Mare

The Veil and Other Poems (1921)

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"ARE you far away?"
"Yea, I am far - far;
Where the green wave shelves to the sand,
And the rainbows are;
And an ageless sun beats fierce
From an empty sky:
There, thou Shadow forlorn,
Is the wraith of thee, I.

"Are you happy, most Lone?"
"Happy, forsooth!
Who am eyes of the air; voice of the foam;
Ah, happy in truth.
My hair is astream, this cheek
Glistens like silver, and see,
As the gold to the dross, the ghost in the mirk,
I am calling to thee."

"Nay, I am bound.
And your cry faints out in my mind.
Peace not on earth have I found,
Yet to earth am resigned.
Cease thy shrill mockery, Voice,
Nor answer again."

"Master, thick cloud shuts thee out
And cold tempests of rain."

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