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Walter de La Mare was a British poet celebrated for his works of fantasy and supernatural fiction. Born on April 25, 1873, he is renowned for his evocative poetry and his contributions to the genre of ghost stories. De La Mare's writing frequently delves into themes of the subconscious and the supernatural, solidifying his status as one of the most significant poets of the early 20th century.

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Famous Walter de La Mare Quotes

“An hour's terror is better than a lifetime of timidity.”

Hours Lifetime Terror Timidity

Book:The Return

Source: The Return

“God has mercifully ordered that the human brain works slowly; first the blow, hours afterwards the bruise.”

Firsts Humans Hours Brain Blow Human Brain Bruises

Book:The Return

Source: The Return

“When music sounds, gone is the earth I know, And all her lovelier things even lovelier grow; Her flowers in vision flame, her forest trees Lift burdened branches, stilled with ecstasies. When music sounds, out of the water rise Naiads whose beauty dims my waking eyes, Rapt in strange dream burns each enchanted face, With solemn echoing stirs their dwelling-place. When music sounds, all that I was I am Ere to this haunt of brooding dust I came; And from Time's woods break into distant song The swift-winged hours, as I hasten along.”

Source: Down-adown-derry: A Book of Fairy Poems

“Look thy last on all things lovely, Every hour”

Looks Lasts Hours All Things Lovely Slumber

Author:Walter de La Mare

“A lost but happy dream may shed its light upon our waking hours, and the whole day may be infected with the gloom of a dreary or sorrowful one; yet of neither may we be able to recover a trace.”

May Whole Dream Light Able Lost Hours Wake Up Waking Shed Gloom Dreary Sorrowful Happy Hour

Author:Walter de La Mare

About the Author

Born: April 25, 1873
Died: June 22, 1956
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 57

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The ReturnRelated source material

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Collected Poems, 1901-1918Related source material

Great Tales of Terror and the SupernaturalRelated source material

Down-adown-derry: A Book of Fairy PoemsRelated source material

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Poems for childrenRelated source material

The Listeners and Other PoemsRelated source material

The Walter De La Mare Omnibus: Henry Brocken ; The Return ; Memoirs of a MidgetRelated source material

Collected Rhymes and VersesRelated source material

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