WAITING, waiting
Augusta Davies Webster 1837 (Poole, Dorset) – 1894
WAITING, waiting. 'Tis so far
To the day that is to come:
One by one the days that are
All to tell their countless sum;
Each to dawn and each to die—
What so far as by and by?
Waiting, waiting. 'Tis not ours,
This to-day that flies so fast:
Let them go, the shadowy hours,
Floating, floated, into Past.
Our day wears to-morrow's sky—
What so near as by and by?
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABABCC DEDECC |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 361 |
Words | 74 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
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