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> [A lost but happy dream may shed its light upon our waking hours, and the whole day may be infected with the gloom of a dreary or sorrowful one; yet of neither may we be able to recover a trace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-de-la-mare/a-lost-but-happy-dream-may-shed-its-light-upon-our-waking-hours-and/)

[Walter de La Mare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-de-la-mare/)

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## More by Walter de la Mare

> [“In these days of faith-cures, and hypnotism, and telepathy, and subliminalities – why, the simple old world grows very confusing. But rarely, very rarely novel.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-de-la-mare/in-these-days-of-faith-cures-and-hypnotism-and-telepathy-and/)

[Walter de la Mare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-de-la-mare/)

> [“When indeed you positively press your face, so to speak, against the crystalline window of your eyes, your mind is apt to become a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-de-la-mare/when-indeed-you-positively-press-your-face-so-to-speak-against-the/)

[Walter de la Mare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-de-la-mare/)

> [What is the world, O soldiers? It is I, I, this incessant snow, This northern sky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-de-la-mare/what-is-the-world-o-soldiers-it-is-i-i-this-incessant-snow-this/)

[Walter de La Mare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-de-la-mare/)

> [“Away There is no sorrow Time heals never; No loss, betrayal, Beyond repair. Balm for the soul, then, Though grave shall sever Lover from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-de-la-mare/away-there-is-no-sorrow-time-heals-never-no-loss-betrayal-beyond/)

[Walter de la Mare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-de-la-mare/)

> [“Is there anybody there?" said the Traveller, Knocking on the moonlit door.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-de-la-mare/is-there-anybody-there-said-the-traveller-knocking-on-the-moonlit-door/)

[Walter de la Mare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-de-la-mare/)

> [As long as I live I shall always be My Self - and no other, Just me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-de-la-mare/as-long-as-i-live-i-shall-always-be-my-self-and-no-other-just-me/)

[Walter de La Mare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-de-la-mare/)

> [“Lawford had soundlessly stolen a pace or two nearer, and by stopping forward he could, each in turn, scrutinize the little intent company sitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-de-la-mare/lawford-had-soundlessly-stolen-a-pace-or-two-nearer-and-by-stopping/)

[Walter de la Mare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-de-la-mare/)

> [An hour's terror is better than a lifetime of timidity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-de-la-mare/an-hour-s-terror-is-better-than-a-lifetime-of-timidity/)

[Walter de La Mare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-de-la-mare/)

> [For beauty with sorrow Is a burden hard to be borne: The evening light on the foam, and the swans, there; That music, remote,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-de-la-mare/for-beauty-with-sorrow-is-a-burden-hard-to-be-borne-the-evening-light/)

[Walter de La Mare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-de-la-mare/)

> [We wake and whisper awhile, But, the day gone by, Silence and sleep like fields Of amaranth lie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-de-la-mare/we-wake-and-whisper-awhile-but-the-day-gone-by-silence-and-sleep-like/)

[Walter de La Mare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-de-la-mare/)

> [“A poor old Widow in her weeds Sowed her garden with wild-flower seeds; Not too shallow, and not too deep, And down came April…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-de-la-mare/a-poor-old-widow-in-her-weeds-sowed-her-garden-with-wild-flower-seeds/)

[Walter de la Mare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-de-la-mare/)

> [Once a man strays out of the common herd, he's more likely to meet wolves in the thickets than angels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-de-la-mare/once-a-man-strays-out-of-the-common-herd-he-s-more-likely-to-meet/)

[Walter de La Mare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-de-la-mare/)

> [“It is very seldom that one encounters what would appear to be sheer unadulterated evil in a human face; an evil, I mean, active,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-de-la-mare/it-is-very-seldom-that-one-encounters-what-would-appear-to-be-sheer/)

[Walter de la Mare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-de-la-mare/)

> [It was a pity thoughts always ran the easiest way, like water in old ditches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-de-la-mare/it-was-a-pity-thoughts-always-ran-the-easiest-way-like-water-in-old/)

[Walter de La Mare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-de-la-mare/)

> [All but blind In his chambered hole Gropes for worms The four-clawed Mole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-de-la-mare/all-but-blind-in-his-chambered-hole-gropes-for-worms-the-four-clawed/)

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