The Screech-Owl
Ethelwyn Wetherald 1857 (Agnes Ethelwyn Wetherald Rockwood, Ontario) – 1940 (Pelham, Ontario)
Hearing the strange night-piercing sound
Of woe that strove to sing,
I followed where it hid, and found
A small soft-throated thing,
A feathered handful of gray grief,
Perched by the year's last leaf.
And heeding not that in the sky
The lamps of peace were lit,
It sent abroad that sobbing cry,
And sad hearts echoed it.
O hush, poor grief, so gray, so wild,
God still is with His child!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 385 |
Words | 74 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
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