Book of Gramarye Excerpts
Literature that references other literature is such a delight. This season I tried to read along with The Dark is Rising on the proper days (nigh impossible since it seems most of Part Three happens on the same day) and I found myself trying to identify the quotes from the Book of Gramarye. Here is what the copyright page says:
"Observant readers may also notice in Chapter Seven brief snatches quoted from an anonymous Old English author, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Walter de la Mare, the Mabinogion and Robert Graves--to the last three of which in particular my debt is limitless."
Some of them were easy (e.g. the Mabinogion quote), but others were more challenging. For instance, I still haven't identified the de la Mare (process of elimination and it sounds like de la Mare) poem:
He that sees blowing the wild wood tree,
And peewits circling their watery glass,
Dreams about Strangers that yet may be
Dark to our eyes, Alas!
I've been leafing through de la Mare poetry (from Rhymes and Verses and some Selected Poems) without success. I'm currently going through Project Gutenberg, but it'll be tedious. Any insights?
-Julie
P.S.
In the spirit of literary references, I'm also about to begin The Phoenix and the Carpet.
"Observant readers may also notice in Chapter Seven brief snatches quoted from an anonymous Old English author, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Walter de la Mare, the Mabinogion and Robert Graves--to the last three of which in particular my debt is limitless."
Some of them were easy (e.g. the Mabinogion quote), but others were more challenging. For instance, I still haven't identified the de la Mare (process of elimination and it sounds like de la Mare) poem:
He that sees blowing the wild wood tree,
And peewits circling their watery glass,
Dreams about Strangers that yet may be
Dark to our eyes, Alas!
I've been leafing through de la Mare poetry (from Rhymes and Verses and some Selected Poems) without success. I'm currently going through Project Gutenberg, but it'll be tedious. Any insights?
-Julie
P.S.
In the spirit of literary references, I'm also about to begin The Phoenix and the Carpet.