The Song Of The Mad Prince

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Title:     The Song Of The Mad Prince
Author: Walter De la Mare [More Titles by De la Mare]

Who said, 'Peacock Pie?'
The old King to the sparrow:
Who said, 'Crops are ripe?'
Rust to the harrow:
Who said, 'Where sleeps she now?'
Where rests she now her head,
Bathed in eve's loveliness'? ---
That's what I said.

Who said, 'Ay, mum's the word'?
Sexton to willow:
Who said, 'Green duck for dreams,
Moss for a pillow'?

Who said, 'All Time's delight
Hath she for narrow bed;
Life's troubled bubble broken'? ---
That's what I said.

[The end]
Walter De la Mare's poem: Song Of The Mad Prince

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