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Hope and Despair

Lascelles Abercrombie 1881 (Ashton upon Mersey) – 1938 (London)

Said God, 'You sisters, ere ye go
Down among men, my work to do,
I will on each a badge bestow:
Hope I love best, and gold for her,
Yet a silver glory for Despair,
For she is my angel too.'
Then like a queen, Despair
Put on the stars to wear.
But Hope took ears of corn, and round
Her temples in a wreath them bound.--
Which think ye lookt the more fair?

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme ABACDBDDEED
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 352
Words 78
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11
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Lascelles Abercrombie

Lascelles Abercrombie was a British poet and literary critic, one of the "Dymock poets". more…

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