Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon;
This way, and that, she peers, and sees
Silver fruit upon silver trees;
One by one the casements catch
Her beams beneath the silvery thatch;
Couched in his kennel, like a log,
With paws of silver sleeps the dog;
From their shadowy cote the white breasts peep
Of doves in a silver-feathered sleep;
A harvest mouse goes scampering by,
With silver claws, and silver eye;
And moveless fish in the water gleam,
By silver reeds in a silver stream.
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Silver by Walter de la Mare
From guest Rosalind Elder (contact)
This poem was taught to us by a red-haired fiesty middle aged teacher in Scotland. Accompanied by actions I shall never forget. It remains today my favourite poem. I still have visions of her scampering across the room. -
Silver by Walter de la mare
From guest Colin (contact)
One of the poems I learned and loved, so many years ago, as a small boy in an English country school. I never completely forgot those beautiful lines and it was so wonderful to come upon them once more. -
From guest cb (contact)
the poem silver reflects the silence of the night, the night which is motionless.... which is finally broken with the scampering of the mouse. -
silver by walter de la mare
From guest Kevin (contact)
please can someone tell me what year silver was written. -
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Peacock Pie
I believe this was first PUBLISHED in the 1913 volume entitled Peacock Pie. It will, of course, have been WRITTEN before 1913
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silver
From guest shadu (contact)
silver is such a poem which reflects everything the light of silver on the dogs,doves,fish and the mouse -
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Silver/silvery appears no less than 9 times in this poem. Yet it doesn't appear to be an over-kill of the word. So like the moonlight which spreads across the land, so has this word - infiltated the poem leaving its silvery glow - beautifully done.
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this poem
From guest taylor (contact)
we thought that the poem silver was very imaginative and interesting. -
Enchanting poem.
I remember it well from my junior school days. We had to learn it in class. One of my favourites. I am so please to have come accross it again.
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Delightful
Thrirteen lines in the poem and he mentions "silver" nine times and gets away with it perfectly to leave us with a truly delightful and enchanting poem that stays with the reader like a spell. -
Great
A short but, oh, so very perfect poem!
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