Songs of Childhood (Illustrated)

The book is an edited and illustrated version of the original one and includes 18 or more unique illustrations which are relevant to its content.The poetry of Walter de la Mare sings boldly and beautifully without any of these hedges and condescensions. His work has the honest candor of the border ballads and the fairy tales: as well as unmitigated joys, they are full of the dangers and horrors an...