To Victory
Siegfried Sassoon 1886 (Matfield) – 1967 (Heytesbury)
Return to greet me, colours that were my joy,
Not in the woeful crimson of men slain,
But shining as a garden; come with the streaming
Banners of dawn and sundown after rain.
I want to fill my gaze with blue and silver,
Radiance through living roses, spires of green
Rising in young-limbed copse and lovely wood,
Where the hueless wind passes and cries unseen.
I am not sad; only I long for lustre, --
Tired of the greys and browns and the leafless ash.
I would have hours that move like a glitter of dancers
Far from the angry guns that boom and flash.
Return, musical, gay with blossom and fleetness,
Days when my sight shall be clear and my heart rejoice;
Come from the sea with breadth of approaching brightness,
When the blithe wind laughs on the hills with uplifted voice.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA BCXC BDED EFXF |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 786 |
Words | 145 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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