God Speaks
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
I made a heaven for you filled with stars,
Each star a song
Meant to give happy music to your ear,
Day and night long.
But in your workshop you are closed away
From the fair sky,
Deafened by noise until you cannot hear
My stars that sigh.
And when night comes your sleepy eyes are blind
To heavens blue;
That was a foolish toy, my dearest dear,
I made for you.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 368 |
Words | 74 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
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