Men And Man

George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)



I

Men the Angels eyed;
And here they were wild waves,
And there as marsh descried;
Men the Angels eyed,
And liked the picture best
Where they were greenly dressed
In brotherhood of graves.

II

Man the Angels marked:
He led a host through murk,
On fearful seas embarked;
Man the Angels marked;
To think without a nay,
That he was good as they,
And help him at his work.

III

Man and Angels, ye
A sluggish fen shall drain,
Shall quell a warring sea.
Man and Angels, ye,
Whom stain of strife befouls,
A light to kindle souls
Bear radiant in the stain.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 06, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AbaAccb DedDffe GhgGbxh
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 531
Words 106
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 7, 7, 7

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