Speaks A Wilted Rose
The fairest day of all that's ever been
Will be when You that day within me see
A fairest rose not blemished by a sin
And not in spring but winter it will be.
But You are far away in sacred poise;
Yourself that day, when look at me condemn,
Perhaps You'll see no rose your eye enjoys
Since wilted then and hanging on its stem.
But birds I hear amongst the leafy trees,
You've made them sing with your forgotten voice
And when it swells each time in melodies,
The songs are yours in which I do rejoice.
Though You have risen, midst all wonders live,
And then, besides, to them all substance give.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF XX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 583 |
Words | 115 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
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