Mistletoe a Christmas poem by
Walter de la Mare

Miniature Biography

Walter De La Mare
Nationality - English
Lifespan – 1873 -1956
Family – Mother related to Robert Browning (Poet)
Education – St Paul's School in London
Career - Poet, novelist and dramatist critic and editor

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Mistletoe a Christmas poem by Walter de la Mare

Stop it Snowing !

Sitting under the mistletoe
(Pale-green, fairy mistletoe),
One last candle burning low,
All the sleepy dancers gone,
Just one candle burning on,
Shadows lurking everywhere:
Some one came, and kissed me there.

Tired I was; my head would go
Nodding under the mistletoe
(Pale-green, fairy mistletoe),
No footsteps came, no voice, but only,
Just as I sat there, sleepy, lonely,
Stooped in the still and shadowy air
Lips unseen - and kissed me there.
 

Make it Snow !

Mistletoe a Christmas poem by Walter de la Mare
 

 

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Mistletoe a Christmas poem by Walter de la Mare