The Boys Of The House: For Valentine and Hubert Blake
Katharine Tynan 1861 (Ireland) – 1931
Young martyrs of the war,
Who with your bright eyes star
The shadows grey;
Who steal at dawn and gloam
In each beloved room
So pale, so gay.
Boys who will not grow old,
Peach cheek and hair of gold,
Smile and are flown;
You will come back again,
In the darkness and the rain,
In the dusk, in the dawn.
Remember, oh, dear Two,
Two who came after you
Who love, as you loved,
The grey house and the woods,
All the sweet solitudes
You loved, approved.
Dear martyrs of the war,
Remember, where you are,
Boys who have still
To do, to bear, to attain
To your glory and your gain --
By what steep hill?
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCXXC DDXEEX FFXGGX ABHEEH |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 579 |
Words | 120 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
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