When I get up to light the fire,
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
When I get up to light the fire,
And dress with all the speed I may
By candle-light, I dread the hours
That go to make a single day.
But then I leave my room, and see
How brightly, clearly darkness shines,
When stars ten thousand miles away
Are caught in our verandah vines.
And I am almost glad that fires
Have to be lit, before the day
Comes up between the trees and drives
The strange familiar dark away.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 04, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 415 |
Words | 82 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
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