An Evening Thought.
Charles Sangster 1822 (Kingston) – 1893
Bird of the fanciful plumage,
That foldest thy wings in the west,
Imbuing the shimmering ocean
With the hues of thy delicate breast,
Passing away into Dreamland,
To visions of heavenly rest!
Spirit! when thou art permitted
To bask in the sunset of life;
Serene in thine eventide splendour,
Thy countenance victory rife;
Leaving the world where thou'st triumphed
Alike o'er its greatness and strife:
Thine be the destiny, spirit,
To set like the sun in the west;
Folding thy wings of rare plumage,
Conscious of infinite rest,
Heralded on to thy haven,
The Fortunate Isles of the Blest.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
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Scheme | ABCBXB XDXDXD XBABCB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 573 |
Words | 101 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
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