When the spring mornings grew more long

Christopher John Brennan 1870 (Haymarket, New South Wales) – 1932 (Lewisham, New South Wales)



When the spring mornings grew more long
early I woke from dream that told
of dreaded parting and the cold
of the gray dawns when I should long
to see once more that clear light fall
upon my hands and know that near
the yellow meadows shone with dear
small flowers and hear thy laughter fall
— as now I long only to wake
once in that quiet shine of spring
and dream an hour the hour will bring
thy laughing call that bids me wake

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABBACDDCEFFE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 438
Words 88
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12

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