Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: LVII

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)



This was my term of glory. All who know
Something of life will guess untold the end.
In love, one ever kisses for his woe,
One lends his cheek, alas! or seems to lend,
One has the pleasure, one the penalties,
One is in earnest, one has time to laugh,
One turns impatient from imploring eyes,
And one in terror spells love's epitaph.
There was no wisdom in this love of mine,
Therefore it perished earlier than the rest,
Although I poured out all my heart like wine
And watered it with tears, and prayed unblest
In my soul's rage to all the Saints of heaven
To give me this and yet to be forgiven.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABABCDEDFGFBHH
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 591
Words 117
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

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