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THE SONG OF THE MAD PRINCE by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHO SAID, 'PEACOCK PIE'?
Last Line: THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

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 dusk 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.



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