No Greener Grass
Someday upon a fuller banquet,
Together as one family let us dine.
All Godly virtue to you I assign,
Although in your eyes I will not shine.
When summer’s array of green meadows
And soft gales whisper, stars align,
We venture into the alpine.
I manufacture my glowing dream,
A cellar filled with vintage wine,
A life filled with all that is fine.
When, I wonder, will it be mine?
I surmise hardly better mine than Thine,
Caught up in a pursuit entirely benign.
Why must greener pastures beckon
When what lies at home seems fine?
Tomorrow we discover a world divine,
Where devilish enticements we decline.
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Submitted by mcwarren on June 24, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 590 |
Words | 107 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 2 |
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