Good Friday
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
So we forget? The streets bloom gay
With festive garments, many hued;
And man and maid laugh down the way
With all the joy of life imbued.
Respite from toil, surcease from care
Lend gladness to a merry voice,
As brother cries to brother there,
'Let us rejoice.'
Do we forget? The garden blooms;
Joy beckons from the sunlit hill,
Where now no triple shadow looms
To cast o'er all the earth a chill.
This day is made for carefree souls!
For holiday! For Eastertide! ...
Yet, thro' it all a bell still tolls
For One Who died.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGBGX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 518 |
Words | 100 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
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