A Vow-Day Flower
Michael Earls 1875 – 1937
(POVERTY, CHASTITY, OBEDIENCE)
Three little leaves like shamrock,
And the trefoil's love-lit eyes,
Whether it takes the sunshine
Or the shadows from the skies.
And richer than rose or lily
Is the flower he wears today,
With triune bloom and fragrance
From earth to heaven alway.
Poverty is the low leaf,
And one is chastely white,
And the red love of obedience
Goes up to God a light.
Grow, good flower, and keep him
Who wears your bloom today,
Shadow and sunshine bless him,
And the trefoil's heavenward way.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | A XBXB XCAX XDAD ECEC |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 508 |
Words | 94 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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