Satiety
Arthur Symons 1865 (Milford Haven) – 1945
I have outlived my life, and linger on,
Knowing myself the ghost of one that was.
Come, kindly death, and let my flesh (being grass)
Nourish some beast's sad life when I am gone.
What joy is left in all I look upon?
I cannot sin, it wearies me. Alas!
I loathe the laggard moments as they pass;
I tire of all but swift oblivion.
Yet, if all power to taste the dear deceit
Be not outworn and perished utterly;
If it could be, then surely it were sweet--
I go down on my knees and pray: O God,
Send me some last illusion, ere I be
A clod--perhaps at rest--within a clod.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AXBXABBX CDCXDC |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 563 |
Words | 115 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
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