Who knocks?' 'I, who was beautiful, Beyond all dreams to re… - Walter de la Mare

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Who knocks?' 'I, who was beautiful,
Beyond all dreams to restore,
I from the roots of the dark thorn am hither,
And knock on the door.

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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"Is anybody there?" said the Traveler,
Knocking on the moonlit door;
And his horse in the silence champed the grasses
Of the forest's ferny floor.

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

We wake and whisper awhile,
But, the day gone by,
Silence and sleep like fields
Of amaranth lie.

Who knocks?' 'I, who was beautiful, Beyond all dreams to restore, I from the roots of the dark thorn am hither, And knock on the door. - Walter de la Mare

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