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| | Walter de la Mare, Come Hither |
 | | Walter de la Mare's musings on a wide range of topics, from folklore to books to old Scottish and Irish ballads. |
 | | Walter de la Mare (1873-1953) may be best known for his own haunting poem, "THE LISTENERS" (1912), though his supernatural, yet lyrical, ghost stories have a small but strong |
 | | Simon, the boy, is "Somni," or "sleep" (sleep and dreams fascinated de la Mare, and he even edited a massive anthology on the subject); "Thrae," the name of the old house, is "Earth," or perhaps, "heart." |
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