On Juda's Cliff
Adam Bernard Mickiewicz 1798 ( Zaosie, Lithuania Governorate) – 1855 (Constantinople)
On Juda's Cliff I love to lean and look
On waves that battling beat and break with might,
While farther seaward in a bland delight,
I see them shining where a rainbow shook.
On Juda's Cliff I love to lean and look
On waves that like sea-armies swing to sight,
To send upon the shore their billows white,
And, ebbing, to leave pearls in every nook.
Thus, Poet, in your youth when storms are wild
And passions break upon the heart and brain,
To leave their ruin there--shipwreck and waste--
Pick up your lute! Upon it undefiled
You'll find song-pearls that your heart-deeps retain,
The crown the years have brought you, white and chaste.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AbbaAbba xcdbcd |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 625 |
Words | 115 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
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