De la Mare described two distinct "types" of imagination - although "aspects" might be a better term: the childlike and the boylike. It was at the border between the two that Shakespeare, Dante, and the rest of the great poets lay. And so we let him have his say -- The Truants Ere my heart beats too coldly and faintly To remember sad things, yet be gay, I would sing a brief song of the world's little children Magic hath stolen away. The primroses scattered by April, the stars of the wide Milky Way, cannot outnumber the hosts of the children Magic hath stolen away. The buttercup green of the meadows, The snow of the blossoming may, lovelier are not than the legions of children Magic hath stolen away. The waves tossing surf in the moonbeam, The albatross lone on the spray, Alone know the tears wept in vain for the children Magic hath stolen away. In vain: for at hush of the evening, When the stars twinkle into the grey, Seems to echo the faraway calling of children Magic hath stolen away.

Author: Walter De La Mare
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Aegypan
Published: 05/01/2007
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d
ISBN: 9781603122221

About the Author
De La Mare, Walter: - Walter John de la Mare (1873-1956) was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem The Listeners and for subtle psychological horror stories.. His 1921 novel Memoirs of a Midget won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction and his post-war Collected Stories for Children won the 1947 Carnegie Medal for British children's books.