After A Parting
Alice Meynell 1847 (London) – 1922
Farewell has long been said; I have forgone thee;
I never name thee even.
But how shall I learn virtues and yet shun thee?
For thou art so near Heaven
That heavenward meditations pause upon thee.
Thou dost beset the path to every shrine;
My trembling thoughts discern
Thy goodness in the good for which I pine;
And if I turn from but one sin, I turn
Unto a smile of thine.
How shall I thrust thee apart
Since all my growth tends to thee night and day-
To thee faith, hope, and art?
Swift are the currents setting all one way;
They draw my life, my life, out of my heart.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AXAXA BCBCB DEDED |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 562 |
Words | 114 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
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