On Christmas Eve
William Wilfred Campbell 1860 (Newmarket) – 1918 (Ottawa)
In byre and barn the mows are brim with sheaves,
Where stealeth in with phosphorescent tread
The glimmering moon, and, ’neath his wattled eaves,
The kennelled hound unto the darkness grieves
His chilly straw, and from his gloom-lit shed,
The wakeful cock proclaims the midnight dread.
With mullioned windows, ’mid its skeleton trees,
Beneath the moon the ancient manor stands,
Old gables rattle in the midnight breeze,
Old elms make answer to the moaning seas
Beyond the moorlands, on the wintry sands,
While drives the gust along the leafless lands.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABAABB CDCC DD |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 576 |
Words | 92 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 2 |
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