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Motley, and Other Poems

From English poet Walter De la Mare comes an early collection of poems reflecting on loss, mortality, and universal questions. - Summary by Larry Wilson (1 hr 1 min)

Chapters

The Little Salamander

0:41

The Linnet

0:53

The Sunken Garden

1:15

The Riddlers

2:33

Moonlight

0:41

The Blind Boy

1:08

The Quarry

0:55

Mrs. Grundy

2:08

The Tryst

2:24

Alone

1:18

Empty

1:24

Mistress Fell

1:28

The Ghost

1:54

The Stranger

1:07

Betrayal

1:01

The Cage

1:06

The Revenant

1:46

Music

1:05

The Remonstrance

1:33

Nocturne

1:16

The Exile

1:27

The Unchanging

1:04

Nightfall

1:56

Invocation

0:46

Eyes

0:43

Life

0:47

The Disguise

1:57

Vain Questioning

1:38

Vigil

1:04

The Old Men

1:33

The Dreamer

0:55

Happy England

1:22

Motley

3:08

The Marionettes

1:23

To E. T. 1917

0:37

April Moon

0:49

The Fool's Song

1:00

Clear Eyes

1:09

Dust to Dust

0:48

The Three Strangers

1:03

Alexander

1:17

The Reawakening

1:20

The Vacant Day

1:12

The Flight

0:55

The Two Houses

0:57

For All the Grief

0:52

The Scribe

0:53

Fare Well

1:19