Song.
Thomas Runciman 1841 – 1909
You who know what easeful arms
Silence winds about the dead,
Or what far-swept music charms
Hearts that were earth-wearied;
You who know - if aught be known
In that everlasting Hush
Where the life-born years are strewn,
Where the eyeless ages rush, -
Tell me, is it conscious rest
Heals the whilom hurt of life?
Or is Nirvana undistressed
E'en by memory of strife?
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABAX XCXC XDBD |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 359 |
Words | 67 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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