But beauty vanishes; beauty passes; However rare—rare it be… - Walter de la Mare

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But beauty vanishes; beauty passes;
However rare—rare it be;
And when I crumble, who will remember
This lady of the West Country?

Walter de la Mare

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Walter John de la Mare, OM, CH (April 25, 1873 – June 22, 1956) was an English poet, short story writer, and novelist. Many of his poems and stories were for children, though he believed that there is no such thing as a good poem for children, only a good poem that children can understand.

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Pen Names: Walter Ramal

Alternative Names: Walter John de la Mare

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Old Rover in his moss-greened house
Mumbles a bone, and barks at a mouse.

A face peered. All the grey night
In chaos of vacancy shone;
Nought but vast sorrow was there—
The sweet cheat gone.

"Tell them I came, and no one answered,
That I kept my word," he said.

But beauty vanishes; beauty passes; However rare—rare it be; And when I crumble, who will remember This lady of the West Country? - Walter de la Mare

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