Now and then
Charles Bertram Johnson 1880 (Callao, Missouri) – 1958 (Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri)
“All life is built from song”
In youth’s young morn I sang;
And from a top-near hill
The echo broke and rang.
The years with pinions swift
To youth’s high noon made flight,
“All life is built from song”
I sang amid the fight.
To life’s sun-setting years,
My feet have come—Alas!
And through its hopes and fears
Again I shall not pass.
The lusty song my youth
With high-heart ardor sang
Is but a tinkling sound—
A cymbal’s empty clang.
And now I sing, my Dear,
With wisdom’s wiser heart,
“All life is built from love,
And song is but a part.”
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Submitted by naama on July 13, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | Abxb xcAc dede xbxb xfxf |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 578 |
Words | 104 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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