The Ghost's Story
Duncan Campbell Scott 1862 (Ottawa) – 1947
All my life long I heard the step
Of some one I would know,
Break softly in upon my days
And lightly come and go.
A foot so brisk I said must bear
A heart that's clean and clear;
If that companion blithe would come,
I should be happy here.
But though I waited long and well,
He never came at all,
I grew aweary of the void,
Even of the light foot-fall.
From loneliness to loneliness
I felt my spirit grope--
At last I knew the uttermost,
The loneliness of hope.
And just upon the border land,
Where flesh and spirit part,
I knew the secret foot-fall was
The beating of my heart.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XAXA XXXX XBCB XDCD XEXE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 567 |
Words | 116 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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