Collected poems, 1901-1918 (Vol. 2)/The Horseman

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Collected poems, 1901-1918 (1920)
by Walter de la Mare

The Horseman

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The first poem in Walter de la Mare's collection of children's rhymes, Peacock Pie. It was later illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, and is currently published by Faber and Faber with illustrations by Emily Sutton.

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PEACOCK PIE

A BOOK OF RHYMES

UP AND DOWN

THE HORSEMAN

I HEARD a horseman
Ride over the hill;
The moon shone clear,
The night was still;
His helm was silver,
And pale was he;
And the horse he rode
Was of ivory.

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