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OLD SHELLOVER by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

Poet Analysis

First Line: COME!' SAID OLD SHELLOVER
Last Line: AY!' SAID CREEP.
'Come!' said Old Shellover.
'What?' says Creep.
'The horny old Gardener's fast asleep;
The fat cock Thrush
To his nest has gone;
And the dew shines bright
In the rising Moon;
Old Sallie Worm from her hole doth peep:
Come!' said Old Shellover.
'Ay!' said Creep.



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