Forever

Lucy Maud Montgomery 1874 (New London, Prince Edward Island) – 1942 (Toronto)



I

With you I shall ever be;
Over land and sea
My thoughts will companion you;
With yours shall my laughter chime,
And my step keep time
In the dusk and dew
With yours in blithesome rhyme;
In all of your joy shall I rejoice,
On my lips your sorrow shall find a voice,
And when your tears in bitterness fall
Mine shall mingle with them all;
With you in waking and dream I shall be,
In the place of shadow and memory,
Under young springtime moons,
And on harvest noons,
And when the stars are withdrawn
From the white pathway of the dawn.

II

O, my friend, nothing shall ever part
My soul from yours, yours from my heart!
I am yours and you mine, in silence and in speech,
Death will only seal us each to each.
Through the darkness we shall fare with fearless jest,
Starward we shall go on a joyous new quest;
There be many worlds, as we shall prove,
Many suns and systems, but only one love!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCCBCDDEEAAFFGG HHIIJJXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 889
Words 175
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 17, 8

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