Shadows
Edwin James Brady 1869 (Carcoar, New South Wales) – 1952 (Pambula, New South Wales)
Beside the Narrow Crossing-Place
(And night was falling gray),
Two Shadows met, the legends tell. .
Each Shadow went its way.
But there was anguish in their eyes,
And tears in both their hearts.
Beside the Narrow Crossing-Place,
Where Shade from Shadow parts.
For they had seen the Rising Sun
In opal and in rose,
For they had seen the Rising Sun,
Who saw the long day close.
And had they met at Mom or Noon
Who met the shades between?
Ay! had they met at Morn or Noon
And so — the Might-Have-Been !
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | Ab xb xc Ac D xD x ex ex |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 509 |
Words | 95 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2 |
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