Sonnets of the Empire: Dawn at Liverpool
Archibald Thomas Strong 1876 – 1930
The Sunlight laughs along the serried stone
About whose feet the wastrel tide runs free;
Light lie the shipmasts, fairy-like to see,
Athwart the royal city’s splendour thrown;
On runs the noble river, wide and lone,
Like some great soul that presses to the sea
Where life is rendered to eternity
And eager thought hath rest in the Unknown.
So sets thy tide, my country, to the deep
Whose face is black with thunder near and far,
And vexed with fleering gusts and tyrannous rain.
Shall the cloud lift and give thee rest and sleep,
Or wilt thou ’mid the surge and crash of war
Shatter thy life against the invading main?
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABBAABBA CXDCXD |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 630 |
Words | 114 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
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