The Two Highwaymen
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)
I LONG have had a quarrel set with Time
Because he robb'd me. Every day of life
Was wrested from me after bitter strife:
I never yet could see the sun go down
But I was angry in my heart, nor hear
The leaves fall in the wind without a tear
Over the dying summer. I have known
No truce with Time nor Time's accomplice, Death.
The fair world is the witness of a crime
Repeated every hour. For life and breath
Are sweet to all who live; and bitterly
The voices of these robbers of the heath
Sound in each ear and chill the passer-by.
--What have we done to thee, thou monstrous Time?
What have we done to Death that we must die?
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABBCDEFGAGHIJAJ |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 636 |
Words | 127 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
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