The Late last Rook

Ralph Hodgson 1871 (Darlington) – 1962



The old gilt vane and spire receive
The last beam eastward striking;
The first shy bat to peep at eve
Has found her to his liking.
The western heaven is dull and grey,
The last red glow has followed day.
The late, last rook is housed and will
With cronies lie till morrow;
If there's a rook loquacious still
In dream he hunts a furrow,
And flaps behind a spectre team,
Or ghostly scarecrows walk his dream.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme ABABCCDEDEFF
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 414
Words 79
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12

Ralph Hodgson

Ralph Hodgson, Order of the Rising Sun,was an English poet, very popular in his lifetime on the strength of a small number of anthology pieces, such as The Bull. more…

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