Unknown

Edward Thomas 1878 (London Borough of Lambeth) – 1917 (Pas-de-Calais)



She is most fair,
And when they see her pass
The poets' ladies
Look no more in the glass
But after her.

On a bleak moor
Running under the moon
She lures a poet,
Once proud or happy, soon
Far from his door.

Beside a train,
Because they saw her go,
Or failed to see her,
Travellers and watchers know
Another pain.

The simple lack
Of her is more to me
Than others' presence,
Whether life splendid be
Or utter black.

I have not seen,
I have no news of her;
I can tell only
She is not here, but there
She might have been.

She is to be kissed
Only perhaps by me;
She may be seeking
Me and no other; she
May not exist.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABXBC XDXDX EFCFE GHXHG XCHAX IHXHI
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 590
Words 128
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5

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