Blue and White

Mary Elizabeth Coleridge 1861 (London) – 1907



BLUE is Our Lady’s colour,
  White is Our Lord’s.
To-morrow I will wear a knot
  Of blue and white cords,
That you may see it, where you ride
  Among the flashing swords.

O banner, white and sunny blue,
  With prayer I wove thee!
For love the white, for faith the heavenly hue,
And both for him, so tender-true,
  Him that doth love me!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme ABXBXB CDCAD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 348
Words 65
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 5

Mary Elizabeth Coleridge

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