Here on Earth
Here on Earth - not in high clouds-
On this mother earth that is close:
To sorrow in her sadness, exult in her meager joy
That knows, so well, how to console.
Not nebulous tomorrow but today: solid, warm, mighty,
Today materialized in the hand:
Of this single, short day to drink deep
Here in our own land.
Before night falls - come, oh come all!
A unified stubborn effort, awake
With a thousand arms. Is it impossible to roll
The stone from the mouth of the well?
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XXXA XBXB XXAX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 461 |
Words | 90 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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