Age To Youth
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
Sunrise is in your eyes, and in your heart
The hope and bright desire of morn and May.
My eyes are full of shadow, and my part
Of life is yesterday.
Yet lend my hand your hand, and let us sit
And see your life unfolding like a scroll,
Rich with illuminated blazon, fit
For your arm-bearing soul.
My soul bears arms too, but the scroll's rolled tight,
Yet the one strip of faded brightness shown
Proclaims that when 'twas splendid in the light
Its blazon matched your own.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 468 |
Words | 91 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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