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Walter de la Mare - SupposeWalter de la Mare - Suppose
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    Suppose ... and suppose that a wild little Horse of Magic     Came cantering out of the sky,     With bridle of silver, and into the saddle I mounted,     To fly and to fly;     And we stretched up into the air, fleeting on in the sunshine,     A speck in the gleam,     On galloping hoofs, his mane in the wind out-flowing,     In a shadowy stream;     And oh, when, all lone, the gentle star of evening     Came crinkling into the blue,     A magical castle we saw in the air, like a cloud of moonlight,     As onward we flew;     And across the green moat on the drawbridge we foamed and we snorted,     And there was a beautiful Queen     Who smiled at me strangely; and spoke to my wild little Horse, too     A lovely and beautiful Queen;     And she cried with delight and delight to her delicate maidens,     `Behold my daughter my dear!`     And they crowned me with flowers, and then to their harps sate playing,     Solemn and clear;     And magical cakes and goblets were spread on the table;     And at window the birds came in;     Hopping along with bright eyes, pecking crumbs from the platters,     And sipped of the wine;     And splashing up up to the roof tossed fountains of crystal;     And Princes in scarlet and green     Shot with their bows and arrows, and kneeled with their dishes     Of fruits for the Queen;     And we walked in a magical garden with rivers and bowers,     And my bed was of ivory and gold;     And the Queen breathed soft in my ear a song of enchantment     And I never grew old....     And I never, never came back to the earth, oh, never and never;     How mother would cry and cry!     There`d be snow on the fields then, and all these sweet flowers in the winter     Would wither, and die....     Suppose ... and suppose .
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