And, the Last Day Being Come

Trumbull Stickney 1874 (Geneva) – 1904



And, the last day being come, Man stood alone
Ere sunrise on the world's dismantled verge,
Awaiting how from everywhere should urge
The Coming of the Lord. And, behold, none

Did come, -- but indistinct from every realm
Of earth and air and water, growing more
And louder, shriller, heavier, a roar
Up the dun atmosphere did overwhelm

His ears; and as he looked affrighted round
Every manner of beast innumerable
All thro' the shadows crying grew, until
The wailing was like grass upon the ground.

Asudden then within his human side
Their anguish, since the goad he wielded first,
And, since he gave them not to drink, their thirst,
Darted compressed and vital. -- As he died,

Low in the East now lighting gorgeously
He saw the last sea-serpent iris-mailed
Which, with a spear transfixèd, yet availed
To pluck the sun down into the dead sea.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 25, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAAX BCCB DEXD FGGF EHHX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 836
Words 149
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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