Broken-Hearted.
"Cross my hands upon my breast,"
Read her last behest.
"Turn my cheek upon the pillow,
As resting from life's stormy billow
With sleep's fine zest!"
"Cross my hands upon my breast,"
Read her last behest,
"That the patient bones may lie
In form of thanks eternally,
Grimly expressed!"
We clasped her hands upon her breast:
Oh mockery at misery's hest!
We hid in flowers her body's grief, -
Counting by many a rose and leaf
Her days unblessed!
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AAbba AAxxa aacca |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 433 |
Words | 85 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
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