When I go up to work the young blue sea
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
When I go up to work the young blue sea
Has not awaked from dreams:
It fades to meet the blue sky mistily:
It gleams.
I say,
'All day
It will not wake from dreams.'
And yet, when I come back from work, the sea
Has a green sombreness;
As if the hours between were somehow hours
Of stress.
I read
Its need
Of dim forgetfulness.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 333 |
Words | 69 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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