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To Edward Thomas

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To Edward Thomas
written by Walter de la Mare
Motley and Other Poems (1918) Link to further information




You sleep too well - too far away
      For sorrowing word to soothe or wound;
Your very quiet seems to say
      How longed-for a peace you have found.

Else, had not death so lured you on,
      You would have grieved - 'twixt joy and fear -
To know how my small loving son
      Had wept for you, my dear.

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