At Night
Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell 1847 ( Barnes, London, ) – 1922 (London)
Home, home from the horizon far and clear,
Hither the soft wings sweep;
Flocks of the memories of the day draw near
The dovecote doors of sleep.
O which are they that come through sweetest light
Of all these homing birds?
Which with the straightest and the swiftest flight?
Your words to me, your words!
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 299 |
Words | 56 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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