Grief-Song
John Bannister Tabb 1845 (Amelia County) – 1909 ( Ellicott City)
New grief, new tears;-
Brief the reign of sorrow;
Clouds that gather with the night
Scatter on the morrow.
Old grief, old tears;-
Come and gone together;
Not a fleck upon the sky
Telling whence or whither.
Old grief, new tears;-
Deep to deep is calling:
Life is but a passing cloud
Whence the rain is falling.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABXB ACXC ADXD |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 306 |
Words | 62 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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